players who choose to stay clean. Steroids are not allowed in any other sport and they are cheating. Cheating is not allowed in anything else so why would they be allowed now? Even though baseball would be more interesting because there would be more home runs‚ steroids should not be allowed to be used in the MLB nor any other sport because players would get hurt more often‚ and steroids introduces an unfair competitive advantage which is cheating. The use of steroids need to stop in the MLB because
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Ryan Kuhn Debate Paper Pro-Steroids in Sports One of the most hyped up and perhaps exaggerated arguments in society today is the use of steroids and whether or not it should be allowed in professional sports. There has been much speculation as to what exactly is‚”cheating” and whether or not the use of steroids fits that description. We live in a society that has an oddly schizophrenic relationship with pharmaceuticals and medical technology that in all other cases we are
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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Athletes for centuries have been using enhancement drugs to achieve greatness(Burdick‚2003) A Sixty Minutes interview of Jose Conseco conducted by Mike Wallace clearly shows how widespread and popular these drugs are. Athletes who are on them deny there use fully and denounce the drugs(Newsday.com‚2005) Performance enhancing drugs are necessary in order to make the playing field fair and even. In order to to understand why enhancement drugs are used
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correct this type of physical enhancement process. The practice of using steroids has been cited as far back as 1995. All of the major sports leagues and the Olympic committees have had policies of drug testing for over two decades and yet there still are some inconsistencies that Congress wants to address. They claim that it is about public policy towards drugs in sports and say “that millions of Americans care deeply about sports. If fans are upset about this issue‚ it’s a legitimate use of Congress
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Steroid abuse in sports Every four year top athletes meet and compete at the Olympic games and unfortunately‚ more athletes are being tested positive for doping. The use of synthetic drugs has negatively shaped the way we play sports today. Doping is considered as a form of cheating since specific banned substances are used to enhance the athlete’s performance. The bans of steroids use in sports‚ enforced by the Olympic committee‚ restrict the athlete’s misuse and abuse of steroids. Certain cases
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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 to improve their game. What people
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part of playing a sport is being healthy. However‚ many athletes choose to use an unhealthy drug‚ called Anabolic Steroids. Anabolic Steroids increase testosterone production in the body and can lead to increased muscle mass and more masculine physical characteristics. Most athletes use them knowing that the drug could terminate their career and cause them bodily harm. Good coaches would warn their players about the use of performance enhancing drugs. Bans on illegal drugs in sports are the rules of
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Steroids have acted as a highly controversial drug in the past‚ which have been used in many different competitive sports. Many people believe this drug is still in use in some professional sports. This being possible by athletes bypassing the drug tests in order to enhance their performance. What exactly are steroids? Well‚ according to Google definitions‚ they are “any of a large class of organic compounds with a characteristic molecular structure containing four rings of carbon atoms. They
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The harms steroids can cause on the athlete are not the only concern when taking them. Steroids give athletes that boost in their performance which puts them above their competitors. This gives for an unfair advantage among the players. Since steroids work so well and create an unfair advantage‚ it breaks the social contract athletes agree to: “We are going to have a fair contest” (“ProCon.org”). Sports are about competition on equal footing‚ with respect for the opponent‚ and with respect for
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Introduction Sports are something that everyone in the world‚ regardless of age‚ sex‚ or nationality‚ can enjoy. Whether it’s a child playing in his first t-ball game or a professional athlete swimming in the Olympics and everyone in between‚ sports can connect almost everyone. Fan support and overall devotion for athletic competition has raised professional athletes to superstars and national icons; Super Bowl Sunday is a national holiday to some‚ and sports are one of the largest moneymakers
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