Should Females be Allowed to Play on Male’s Football Teams? “Katie Hnida --the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A (a Football Championship Subdivision) game -- was on the roster as a kicker at Colorado in 1999 and later played in games at New Mexico.” (ESPN) Katie Hnida was a female football player in Colorado and New Mexico. She was discriminated against because of her gender‚ and it eventually led to her being sexually assaulted by her teammates. Women have struggled drastically to break
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Drugs and Sports - Athletes on Steroids As the use of performance enhancing drugs is becoming more popular among athletes‚ many of them don ’t understand the risks involved in taking these drugs. Many people are looking for a quick way to build muscle‚ or to get stronger the fastest way possible. Using these performance aids may very well be a quick fix for many athletes‚ but taking these supplements is unethical and dangerous. Using special drugs to boost an athletes performance is degrading
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better. Many many athletes use these‚ however many do not get caught using them. In all professional sports they are highly illegal‚ in the Nfl marijuana is not legal‚ even in states like Colorado where it is legal. The NFL’s substance abuse policy is using prescription‚ over the counter‚ and illegal drugs incorrectly and also alcohol abuse. You may not have‚ use‚ or sell these drugs. This includes
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or not we should keep competitive sports is an important problem we need to face. Some people think it can cause your grades to suffer. However‚ other people think it can make you more collaborative in school. Competitive sports should not be continued because it is not safe or good for kid. Competitive sports are not good for kids because you can get injured‚ can also cause stress and anxiety‚ and kids have the mindset that they won’t be good at anything else than the competitive sports they play
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Alex Rodriguez‚ a renowned MLB Seattle Mariners and Texas Ranger player‚ was found in the middle of a drug scandal during 3013 when he was accused of injecting performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) into his body. The Miami Times acted as old-fashioned muckrackers by revealing Biogenesis‚ an anti-aging clinic supervised by Tony Bosch. Bosch and his medical practice was exposed as “PED peddlers” that attracted major league baseball players from various MLB teams. Porter Fischer‚ a former employee at Biogenesis
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Drugs in Sport Prescription Drugs- A prescription drug (also prescription medication or prescription medicine) is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained. Performing Enhancing Drugs- Performance-enhancing drugs are substances used by athletes to improve their performances. Stimulants- Stimulants stimulate the body and mind to perform optimally by enhancing focus‚ energy‚ and aggression. Some examples are caffeine‚ amphetamine
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The Effects of Drugs used for athletic performance. Many of the drugs athletes take are illegal and are designed to increase their performance in sports. For example‚ steroids and related hormones‚ are used to increase muscle mass and strength by promoting testosterone production. They are mostly used by people in major league football‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ and ect. Most of the sports have made strict rules about it and of course there’s laws about using them to. Hormones or steroids can strengthen
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Finally‚ participation trophies use thousands of dollars that can be useful for other important needs. On the other hand‚ some people believe that rewarding youth athletes (that don’t participate) with a trophy is acceptable. Even more‚ every child should get an equal amount of appreciation.Youth athletes get rewarded with participation trophies for simple matters and this is unacceptable. When youth athletes receive participation trophies‚ this does not teach them about the real world and
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The Performance Enhancing Effects of Creatine Everybody in youth has dreamt about that final deciding moment is sports whether it was the bottom of the ninth‚ bases loaded in game seven of the World Series‚ or if it was draining a three pointer at the buzzer of an NBA finals game‚ or even a game winning diving catch during the Superbowl. These moments are what athletes live for. This is what an athlete puts their blood sweat and tears into. They train like there is no tomorrow‚ working to become
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Judging Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs Most people know steroids are wrong because of the negative side effects‚ but what about a drug that could improve a person’s attention? It’s not clear whether healthy individuals should or should not use medication or drugs to improve cognitive abilities such as working memory or attention. At their genesis‚ cognitive-enhancing drugs such as Provigil or Ritalin were developed to aid patients suffering from narcolepsy‚ Alzheimer’s disease or ADHD with their cognitive
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