GOVERNANCE Introduction In 2013‚ the Essendon Football Club was investigated for performance enhancing drugs in their elite sports science programs. News of the initial investigations was met with disbelief by supporters‚ players‚ club administrators and the governing body – the Australian Football League (AFL). What followed was a period of intense and rigorous independent investigation by Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and the AFL. In August 2013‚ severe sanctions were handed down to
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Imagine how you felt when you realized that your son and daughter were taking drugs just because they saw one of the athletes in the olympics doing it‚ what would you do? I know how I would feel and the answer is not happy at all. I don’t understand why athletes are taking drugs so that they can be able to win. It doesn’t make sense. This is telling us that you need drugs to be able to win in a competition. I find it very sad because there are young kids that look up to those big stars. Yes I know
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Performance Enhancement Drugs in Sports Taresha Bryant COM 112 Effective Persuasive Writing Professor Kenneth Leon July 28‚ 2007 Performance Enhancement Drugs In Sports Athletic competition has been a part of our society since the beginning of time. We were born with the competitive gene; the desire to be better than the next man. Sports events give athletes the opportunity to prove‚ they are better than their competitor. This is good because it shows courage and determination; on
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Drugs and Sports Drugs and sports do not mix with each other. Drugs shouldn’t be allowed in sports because‚ some players will be better than others‚ or people might get suspended from playing the game or get cut and some players if you take too much might even overdose. Significance is that there is a lot of kids using steroids to make them bigger and better‚ which is putting other kid’s self-esteem down. Each kid no matter what they play‚ their parents‚ family‚ peers and even you want to be the
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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Should drugs be accepted in sports? Drugs should not be accepted in sports. Drugs can harm players in the long run when they first use drugs it helps them perform well but in the long run it will harm their body and they won’t be able to play as long. Drugs can be good in sports for helping players when they get hurt or when they are injured but people aren’t honest if they allowed drugs there would be a lot of cheating. Drugs hurt athletes so they can’t play as long. Steroids have resulted in
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs are Taking over Sports The article "Doping in Sports: Steroids and Supplements" says “The word dope comes from the Dutch word dop‚ which is an alcoholic beverage made from grape skins that the Zulu warriors would think it could enhance their fighting ability.” (World Almanac and Book of Facts’ n.pag.). Unfortunately‚ they were wrong because when there was a fight between the athletes‚ one drank it and the other one didn’t‚ it ended up that the athlete that did not drink
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Dangers of Enhancing Drugs in Sports From basketball to football to gymnastics‚ enhancing drugs have changed the face of sports as we know it. Performance enhancement drugs‚ like anabolic steroids‚ may help athletes perform better by giving them greater muscle strength; however‚ these athletes may not realize that these illegal drugs are highly dangerous. Is it rally worth risking ones life or health just to win that game or medal? Performance enhancing drugs are substances that
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One of the most exciting sports stories in recent years was the attempt to break Roger Maris’ single-season homerun record [sixty-two] in baseball. On September 8‚ 1998 ‚ Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals made history by hitting his sixty-second homerun. However‚ many people believe that McGwire’s record is tarnished by the revelation that he had been using androstendione ‚ a compound that temporarily boosts the levels of the male sex hormone testosterone. This finding drew attention to a
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports 1 Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports Angie Holmes Axia College University of Phoenix Effective Persuasive Writing COM 120 Roseanne Robinson 24 September 2006 Performance-Enhancing drugs 2 Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports Although athletes are good enough to play in professional sports‚ many of the players feel pressured into using performance drugs to enhance their athletic skills. Athletes take these drugs believing that it provides
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