Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs In Professional Sports

Along with the different rules and regulations that the different levels of sports follow, in the professional sports such as, the MLB, NFL and NBA they have their own methods of punishments as well. If an athlete is caught and tested positive for using performance-enhancing drugs in the MLB, they can be punished. For the first time they are caught using they can be banned for fifty games. The second time they are tested positive for using drugs they will be banned for one hundred games. If the athlete continues to use the drugs then they can be banned from the MLB for life. On the other hand in the NFL if the player is caught using drugs for the first time they will have a four game suspension, for the second time they are caught, the player
will have a six game suspension. Once they are tested positive for the third time, they will be suspended for an entire season. Unlike the MLB and NFL that only gives three chances, the NBA gives four chances. The first consequence the player will face when tested positive is a ten game suspension, if they are tested positive again they will be suspended for twenty-five games. Once the player fails the test for a third time, they will receive a one year suspension. If the player fails the test for the fourth time they are banned from the NBA for life.