Why Steroids Are Not Fair In Sports

Performance enhancing drugs are not good for you and not fair in professional sports. They are not fair because they are pretty much cheating. In the article, “Athletes and Drugs”, the author states, “Some professional athletes use steroids and other drugs to gain a competitive advantage in their sport.”(Sprague) This shows that they are using substances that gives them the upperhand, like building muscles, in the sport without working hard like everyone else. Also, these performance enhancing drugs may damage your body horribly. According to the author, “Such substances have been known to cause death by heart attack in previously healthy users.”(Sprague) These steroid and other drugs can change many people’s lives by damaging their health
and making the people around them worried. Another reason, these drugs should not be used because it gives a person better athletic ability not just muscle. Evidence from the author is, “Erythropoietin (EPO) may be used in blood doping to increase the hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in increased aerobic performance.”(Sprague) This says that these drugs do not just give muscle, they give athletic abilities so they could perform better in their sport. These drugs can also cause body damage other than heart attacks. Evidence from the author says, “...epoetin alfa is a form of erythropoietin that is administered therapeutically to patients whose red blood cell counts are reduced due to illnesses such as chronic kidney disease or to treatment for illnesses such as polycythemia vera (a rare blood disease that causes the body to make too many red blood cells) or cancer.” Many people fight cancer and if you have cancer you might not be able to play in professional sports for long. All these reasons show why performance enhancing drugs should not be used or allowed in professional sports.