There should be zero tolerance for the use of PEDs in major sporting leagues. Athletes taking performance enhancing drugs is cheating. Athletes taking PEDs is like using your phone on a test to look up the answers. Sports enhancing drugs not only cause an unbalanced field of play‚ but also has caused health issues for many athletics in a variety of sports. Just the thought of enhancing drugs helping athletes gain an edge on others sounds like a requirement. Most athletes go to the gym and work hard
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That is just one of the many issues and risks that come along with taking PEDs‚ performance enhancing drugs‚ or being on a team with someone who takes them. Performance enhancing drugs ruined Lance Armstrong’s legacy‚ many people have lost respect for Ryan Braun because he took PEDs and Julius Peppers‚ who tested positive as a rookie‚ had to sit out the first four games of his next season. When a professional athlete takes PEDs‚ they make a spectator wonder if the athlete is using drugs for the fame
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know about what PEDs can do to them and the rest of their lives‚ they have a choice‚ a choice to live and not use PEDs‚ or to use them and suffer. According to “Performance-Enhancing- Drugs are Dangerous” it says‚ “But‚ it has been implicated in the death of at least 18 cyclists during alleged heavy use in
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Introduction to Economics Economics: A social science -A study of how people make decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Scarcity: Basic problem of Economics -Due to lack of resources (time‚ productive forces‚ etc) some opportunities must be forgone Opportunity cost -Next best alternative forgone when an Economic decision is made Can only forego known alternatives No choices/options will mean no cost Ceteris Paribus: ‘Other things being
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ELASTICITY OF DEMAND It shows the degree of responsiveness of the change in the quantity demanded due to the change in the price of the product PED = Percentage change in the Qd Percentage change in the P OR PED = ΔQ/ΔP× P/Q For example P Qd 20 70 15 100 PED = ΔQ/ΔP× P/Q 30/-5 × 20/70 = - 1.71 1 www.tutors2u.com © 2011 All Rights Reserved Price elasticity of demand
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p.1872)‚ because of this much conflict has arose from the use of PEDs in competitive sports. Numerous athletes are being pressured into using PEDS by paternalistic figures such as trainers or coaches. With considerable technical advancement performance enhancing drugs are much more prevalent then in the past as there are more options as well as more availability
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drugs because they can have an unfair advantage over other athletes. “PEDs or Performance Enhancing Drugs are drugs that give athletes unfair advantages if they use them. PEDs have the ability or potential to drastically alter the human body and biological functions including the ability to considerably improve athletic performance in certain situations” (Effects of PEDs). This study is significant because it illustrates how much PEDs affect the human body. The shows a direct
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Economics Basic Economic Problem (choice and the allocation of resources) Nature of the economic problem – Finite Resources – Unlimited Wants 1) Our needs are limited (finite) e.g. food‚ water‚ air‚ shelter‚ warmth. These are known as Free Goods. 2) Our wants are unlimited (infinite) e.g. clothes‚ cars‚ holidays‚ jewelry. These are known as Economic Goods. We have infinite wants but limited resources in the world. Economic Agents- (individuals‚ firms‚ and governments) have to make rational
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not necessarily a new concept but has become increasingly effective in the recent turn of the century. With the numerous medical and technological advances in our world today‚ much debate has come about the use of performance enhancing drugs/methods (PEDs/PEMs) by elite athletes. Even with the creation of the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) in 1999 to regulate drug use in sport‚ minor progress in the fight against doping has been made. The war against drugs has shown to be ineffective as many athletes
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itself‚ ceteris paribus. Price elasticity of demand is calculated by dividing the proportionate change in quantity demanded by the proportionate change in price. When PED is greater than one (PED > 1) demand is said to be elastic When PED is between zero to one (0 > PED > 1) demand in said to be inelastic When PED is equal to one (PED > 1) demand is said to be unit-elastic (unitary elasticity) A perfectly inelastic demand curve‚ perpendicular to the X-axis‚ has zero elasticity. A perfectly elastic
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