concerning apparent steroid drug use in Major League Baseball. As an avid baseball watcher and player of the game for twelve years this scandal is of great concern to me. In the time to come I will be informing you of how steroid use has tarnished baseball’s image‚ allowed for more records to be broken unfairly and the harmful effects it has on your body. Firstly‚ steroid use has tainted out national pastime and tarnished the game of baseball forever. Since random drug testing for steroids has been imposed
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many athletes have done or are on anabolic steroids‚ amphetamines‚ depressants or what are known as " brake drugs". Anabolic steroids are chemicals that are similar to testosterone‚ the male sex hormone. Steroids are used by a number or young people to enhance their muscle mass and increase their performances. While
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A paper The Effects of Steroids on the Body and Sports Sally Hawkins English 102 The Effects of Steroids on the Body and Sports When you watch professional wresting do you ever wonder how did that guy get so big? I do and the first conclusion I usually come to is that he must be on steroids‚ there is no way that is natural. As professional sports are implementing drug testing policies and announcing when athletes are caught using steroids we will get the answer to this question. Young
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young athletes fail to realize is the damaging effect steroids have on a person’s physical and psychological health over time‚” says Michael J. Sampson‚ DO‚ an osteopathic sports medicine and family physician at Virginia Tech and Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. “The more we learn about these drugs‚ the scarier they become.” Sometimes I wonder‚ “Do professional athletes know
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Rebuttal Article “Why it’s time to legalize steroids in professional sports” written by Chris Smith of Forbes Magazine argues that to level the playing field of professional sports it would be beneficial to legalize the use of performance enhancing drugs. Mr. Smith’s ideals that professional sports would be a fairer‚ more entertaining version of itself if performance enhancing drugs were legal‚ is an incredibly irresponsible and impudent declaration. Mr. Smith states “The primary reason why performance
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work (and a liberal amount of talent) to rise in the ranks‚ and unfortunately some athletes choose to cut corners to succeed. We’ve all heard of a famous athlete or two busted for cheating‚ whether that be Lance Armstrong or Alex Rodriguez for using steroids‚ or Tom Brady for deflating footballs to gain an advantage. Although the most famous scandals involve star athletes‚ cheating is a problem that extends sometimes down to the least competitive spheres of competition‚ even to high school athletics
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Steroids in sports calls for an unfair advantage and it is immoral. Whether one is a sports fan or participates in it themselves‚ it’s all the same. Players are constantly being pushed beyond their capacity in order to impress others and exceed expectations
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is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. However‚ after a court trial against his trainer‚ it was proven that Barry Bonds had used steroids during training throughout his baseball career. Now his record of 73 home runs in a season has a big asterisk next to it (Bunning). Yet‚ Barry Bonds and many other athletes are still inducted into their sports’ Hall of Fame even though they used steroids. Athletes who used steroids should not be inducted into the Hall
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An anabolic steroid is something that athletes use to get an unfair advantage in the sport they play. It can cause the player to gain more muscle mass in a shorter period of time than without taking them. Today people question how many athletes are actually using these kinds of steroids to improve their game or physical status. To this day‚ almost anyone who enjoys watching sports knows that steroids are a part of many sports known to man. Some people are fine with it and just enjoy watching the
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Steroids Outline Thesis Statement: The use of steroids has forever changed the world with its adverse effects‚ use in sports‚ and use by adolescents. I. Introduction II. Adverse Effects A. Hormonal Imbalance B. Liver Damage III. Use In Sports A. Use in Bodybuilding B. Use in the MLB IV. Use By Adolescents A. Pressure To Get “BIG” for Sports B. Not Knowing The Side Effects V. Conclusion Steroids Outline Thesis Statement: The use of steroids has forever changed the world with
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