Did you know that if one athlete on an Olympic team is found using performance enhancing drugs‚ the entire team will be disqualified and they have to return any medals that they earned? 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
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Professional athletes are overpaid. Yes‚ they are talented. But they are talented on the court‚ field‚ pitch‚ pool but they aren’t running our country or fighting for this country’s freedom. How about saving peoples lives? Or even education? These athletes get all that money but they don’t know how to spend it. We have so many other people who should get paid that make a huge difference in this world. The NBA has the highest paid athletes. The average salary for the NBA is $5.2 million. Kobe Bryant
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Steroid users should be banned from sports activities Are athletes really athletic if they are on steroids? Athletes who use steroids should be banned from all sports activities. Steroid use is not fair‚ it affects your health‚ and doesn’t set good examples. Using steroids is not fair to other players who put in work. The National Football League itself created its own steroid policy because steroid use threatens “the fairness and integrity of athletic competition”
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Professionals in the Olympics Every four years‚ the Olympic Games occur‚ alternating between the Summer and Winter games. Athletes from all over the globe congregate together during this prestigious competition to compete in their respective sport. Originally‚ the Olympics started as a way for amateur athletes to compete in their specialized sport. However‚ the International Olympic Committee overturned the Amateur Rule in 1986‚ allowing for professional athletes to compete in the games as well
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down on this and some people think that if you can access it then you should you it to reach your full potential. Yes‚ it is debatable whether or not they should be allowed because it can be looked at from so many different points of view. Anabolic steroids are not the only way people have tried to get an edge throughout history. Even in the 1800’s swimmers were using stimulants to make them swim faster. Most of what people use that is considered cheating is any kind of stimulant that would make their
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January 30‚ 2013 Sports Salaries Professional sports are a major part of today’s entertainment. Christopher Hammond believes they earn what they are paid. He states that anyone who makes the case that sports stars are overpaid may be suffering from wealth envy. Athletes work incredibly hard to achieve what they have accomplished according to Hammond. He also says professional athletes produce much more money for others than they themselves receive. Who gets the money then? The people who already
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Steroids Used in High School Sociology of Sports Steroids Used in High School Protect Our Nation’s Youth (Pony) is the mantra of a competitive baseball league that says it prepares young baseball players for high school. Parents are placing them in
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dramatically in the past thirty-five years with players doing steroids‚ student athletes going to play pros after one year of college‚ and athletes that get involve with greed. "Believing that anabolic steroids can improve competitiveness and performance‚ uninformed or misguided athletes‚ sometimes encouraged by coaches or parents‚ abuse these drugs to build lean muscle mass‚ promote aggressiveness‚ and increase body weight." (“Anabolic Steroids…) Athletes in sports have had a lot on there mine while they are
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The word “steroids” has more than one meaning‚ there are some steroids‚ which the body produces naturally as they are required through puberty and can help with stress management. Steroids can also refer to medicine taken for asthma‚ pain and skin problems. And then there are the steroids which are constantly being used in sport‚ they are synthetic drugs that are often used by professional athletes in order to increase the production of testosterone. They are available in pills‚ powder or injections
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What is the purpose of using steroids? “Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.” (Lawrence Taylor.) Steroids are a family of hormones related to testosterone that have a number of beneficial medical indications. They are also used for the purpose of building up muscles and cellular tissue. The use of steroids should be banned in the United States because over time‚ athletes began abusing the prescribed dosages and ignoring the health risks of prolonged steroid use‚ it establishes unrealistic
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