Baseball & Juice There aren’t many times when you can turn it to ESPN or MLB network without finding out that someone has been caught doing steroids or “performance enhancing drugs”‚ or someone isn’t going to be inducted into Cooperstown‚ because they’ve been rumored to be taking steroids But what’s the big deal?! The players are taking them to be better players and win games‚ last time I checked don’t you play to win? Maybe it’s not the players that should be punished maybe Americas pastime
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theoretical perspectives of looking at sports from the sociology of sports view including conflict‚ functionalist‚ interactions‚ and feminist. The most useful though‚ in looking at the sociology of sports is the functionalist view. Functionalist regard sports as an almost religious institution that uses ritual and ceremony to reinforce the common values of a society (Ekern‚ 2013). This means that functionalist view sports by the competition and patriotism of the younger generation and assist in maintaining
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grandfather and the father and mother. The father and mother disapprove of the language he uses around their children. A structural-functionalist might question how the members of the family are performing their specified functions. They may look at each member’s values‚ beliefs‚ and social norms and see how they relate to one another. By doing this‚ a structural-functionalist will be able to identify why conflict or despair is occurring within a family unit. For example‚ if the mother’s belief system
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Steroids are a form of performance enhancing drugs that are banned through out the sporting world and illegal in most countries. They have been used since Ancient Greece but the present form came into being in the 1930’s. They have a similar effect in the body as that of testosterones. The steroids can be taken in 4 ways. There are Oral Pills‚ Skin Patches‚ Injectable Steroids and creams/gels to apply on the area. Medical - Although they are meant to be used as medical treatments for cancer and
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anyone else in that case should use steroids but I’m here to shed some light on the subject. First of all there are many reasons that steroids should be legal in professional sports and I’m here to tell you why. The first one that I am going to talk about is injuries‚ steroids could very well help athletes recover faster especially the greats. For example Bo Jackson‚ after his hip injury his career was over but he just decided to quit but with the help of steroids he could of came back and would
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“I’ve never felt overmatched on the baseball field.” This quote was said by Alex Rodriguez. Alex Rodriguez had unbelievable stats that would have put out him in a definite spot in the hall of fame‚ but because of the use of steroids‚ his dreams of becoming a Major League Baseball hall of famer are shattered (“overshadowed”). Alex Rodriguez used performance enhancing drugs‚ which help improve their running speed‚ strength‚ and skill (“Doping”). Athletes are pressured into taking these drugs in many
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The Functionalist Perspective sees society as a system. Regarding the technology gap facing the poor and minorities‚ a functionalist perspective would cover this issue based on the society’s consensus due to their core beliefs and values. If there would be a technology gap with the poor and minorities‚ there would have to be a reason for the gap to be occurring. There can be a positive and negative side to the technology gap with the poor and minorities‚ such as; it is a downfall due to them not
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Anabolic steroids give athletes a physical benefit by helping with "muscular growth and strength" (Mazzeo & Ascione‚ 2013‚ p.2012) as well as decreasing the "time of physical recovery after intense and protracted physical activity" (Mazzeo & Ascione‚ 2013‚ p.2012). By using these anabolic steroids athletes are able to surpass the normal limits of the human body giving the athletes not taking the drugs
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Evaluate the argument of Julian Savulescu and his co-authors that competitors at the Olympics ought to be allowed to use anabolic steroids. Nowadays‚ the world is being bombarded by the issue of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) utilisation especially at high level sports such as the Olympics level. Doping activities in sports have been a continuous plight towards athlete. Court actions are issued‚ title stripped off and worst is athletes’ involvements in sports are prevented forever. Dozens
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PEDs can be dangerous because of the harm that it can cause to the athletes that use steroids. Performance-Enhancing Drugs should be banned from sports as it gives athletes an unfair advantage against other athletes‚ they can cause harmful side effects‚ and they can lead to health issues. PEDs should be banned as they give athletes an unfair advantage in sports because of how
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