Marijuana In Sports

The writer makes excellent use of statistics and graphs numerous times throughout the article. “One N.F.L. player in 40 is arrested in a given year.” (Irwin 181) Neil Irwin starts off in his body paragraphs by giving the reader a sense of scale upon which the rest of the essay is built. His statistics also have a strong credibility to them, since they come from USA Today a well known and respected newspaper. “Some 28 percent of the arrests in the database were for driving under the influence, with 202 incidents. Other frequent categories of charges include assault and battery (88 cases) and drug-related offenses (82).” (Irwin 182) Here the writer also covers the amount of players arrested by crime, placing strong emphasis on the number of driving while intoxicated charges. In doing this, he breaks it down in a way which shows not all of these arrest are as serious as others. “The number of arrests by team range from a low of 11 (tie between the

The spectator of this sport has an obligation to the players of the sport, to make sure that the organization is protecting and looking out for them. Yet not only should the viewer be held accountable for the lack of communication in consequences between the player and the pro scene, but the organization of the NFL needs to make sure that their players have a full understanding of what is going on and how they need to protect the players. The current situation that is understood, contents contain implied knowledge that all parties of this table are in uniform knowledge and agreement to what comes of playing football. Finally, this should also happen at the youth level when kids are just getting into the sport, as it would better inform the parents and the kid if they understood the full

This paper will discuss the NFL Concussion Scandal and analysis of the ethical issues regarding the scandal. American football has always been defined as a contact sport. Individuals know before playing the sport that they take on the risk of physical harm to their bodies. However, concussions and other repetitive head-blows could end in death and permanent damage. Also, American football has been shown to be the cause of chronic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE), which can lead to suicidal thoughts, memory loss, and dementia. With players undergoing a lot of physical harm without the proper care, many may see the NFL as an unethical business.

In the article “Does Football Have a Future?” Ben McGrath writes about an issue that has been plaguing football since the late 1800s. The issue is the controversy over the NFL and their football players’ health – both physically and mentally. It is most specifically over the concussion crisis. McGrath provides information from his experiences with the NFL, the players, and the doctors. Throughout the article, there are also many quotes from these experiences with the people who are involved with football. His overwhelming use of logos is what makes his position uncertain. This creates a fallacy because he does not compel the reader to have the same opinion as him. McGrath’s own opinion is unclear from the reader’s standpoint due to that fact that he presents evidence behind banning football, reforming football, and keeping football the same

An increasingly popular topic in the realm of sports fans has begun to unravel. The National Football League recently has begun to introduce new rules and regulations for their athletes to start abiding by to ensure the continued safety of the player’s health. Although most find this change in the game of professional football as a positive step forward, others see this as a diminishment of the sanctity of NFL football. New rules and regulations that have been introduced into NFL are vital to athletes involved in the sport and help them to play with lowered risks of long term injuries that could possibly affect not only them but also the league in the future as well. The reasons for these

The use of illegal substances is rapidly increasing in the college sports due to the expansion of supplements used by athletes that are being banned. In a study done, athletes were asked if illicit drugs would negatively impact their performance. Majority of them responded “yes”, their main reasoning being; the effects of illicit drugs were both mental and physically damaging. Illicit drugs come in many forms, but the testing procedures are all the same for any substance. There is almost always a consequence with the use of prohibited substances. Drug testing is appropriate to help ensure the safety of student athletes while they participate in intercollegiate contests. (Krotee, M 555).

prevent the injuries . In “NFL’s Flawed Concussion Research and Ties to Tobacco Industry,” the

The fact that a use of a more efficient test for diagnoses of the injury has not been implemented into the league’s concussion protocol provides support for this argument. Improper education of the true amount of risk involved that will affect a player in the long-term displays the carelessness of the league’s front office. Almost every athlete that remains connected to the NFL has a family that relies on them for income and support. By discerning the safety of its very own employees, of which the league would cease to exist without, the NFL is putting the lives and welfare of the players and their families at risk. Money must become a secondary concern when one is dealing with a person’s safety on the football field. The league cannot continue to put the lives of its employees at risk in order to avoid money loss. The National Football League is not doing enough to prevent concussions from continually occurring in the league today and a change in policy is mandatory in order to provide a safe environment for its players. Nothing matters more than a person’s

People think that smoking pot will turn you into a couch potato with blood shot eyes munching down on a bag of chips the rest of your life. Is it surprising that top paid professional athletes use this drug on a regular basis as relief from pain and stress? Sports leagues hand out opioids like candy and athletes have been prescribed massive amounts to mask the excruciating pain they experience daily. Marijuana should be legalized in professional sports because it is safer than opioids, can enhance performance and provides physical and mental health benefits.

Ever since the recreational use of weed was legalized in the states of Colorado and Washington I’ve wondered how it might affect athletes and sports in those areas. Would athletes be able to smoke as much as they want whenever they cross the states borders? Imagine a United States where the use of marijuana is legal in all 50 states. Athletes whether in college or playing professionally get a ton of publicity for everything they do and are idols to youth across the world. They’re essentially trendsetters. Would seeing Kobe Bryant smoke a joint on television change the general attitude towards marijuana and inspire basketball players across the world to follow? Many think weed would destroy the integrity of sports and would prevent the best

Personal conduct in the NFL, National Football League, is an issue that is starting to spiral out of control. Late September, 2014, “the league [had] suspended at least 20 players for actions including assault, substance abuse and use of performance-enhancing drugs” (White); this was only a few weeks into the regular season of play for the league. The NFL has grown enormously since it was founded on August 20, 1920 in Canton, Ohio. But, this league has become more and more lenient with its players and personnel. Many professional athletes in the NFL receive special treatment regardless of their improper actions, thus allowing them to elude the consequences and in turn setting a misleading example for their young fans. In order

I found the research on EBSCO host. He reflects on how performance enhancing drugs affected him and a lot of people in his life. In addition to his use of performance enhancing drugs, he blames his deadly disease of cancer on the drugs. Stakeholder #2 is the college athlete and my research came from Sport Illustrated article “The Nightmare of Steroids” written by Tommy Chaikin and Rick Telander. The research was found on EBSCO host. The article is about how performance enhancing drugs told over a college athlete’s life by driving him to violence and almost too committing suicide. The governing body of college football The National Collegiate Athletic Association is stakeholder #3. The article I used is “N.C.A.A Stiffens Drug Penalties and Expands Testing in Football” written by William C. Rhoden from the New York Times. This research was found on EBSCO host. The article deals with why drug penalties and expanding testing had to be made in football. The year round testing is being tried in football first then will process to other college sports. Football was chosen first for the year round drug testing because of the prominent coverage of performance enhancing drugs being used in football. Finally something needed to be done because of the threat to the athlete and fair play in sports from the use of performance enhancing drugs. The fan is stakeholder #4 and I got research from two articles one is “Steroid Suspicions

In this essay I will be giving reasons and evidence for the use of medical marijuana to get taken off the ban list for the NBA and NFL. I will go in depth on why this could help athletes take the edge off and much more. there are plenty of reasons such as it can treat glaucoma,it can help control epileptic seizures and a chemical found in it and many more reasons.now lets get focused on why it should be taken off the ban list for athletes a major reason is it can help recovery go a lot faster. “This pain is never going away. My body is damaged,” said Eugene Monroe, 30, who was released by the Baltimore Ravens last year three weeks after becoming the first active player to publicly call on the league to permit medical marijuana. “I have to manage it somehow. Managing it with pills was slowly killing me. Now I’m able to function and be extremely efficient by figuring out how to use different formulations of cannabis.”. That’s not the only source advocating for medical marijuana there are many more retired nfl players that use it that we will get into later.in summary of the introduction there are many reasons why it should be taken off the ban list and I will go into more depth in the rest of this essay.

One of the biggest reasons non medical users smoke marijuana is for “Stoned thinking” . “Stoned thinking” is a term used to describe the way they think while high. “Stoned thinking is believed to lead to a new “level” of thinking, such as instead of looking at the ways things are different but how they are the same (Caulkins,2012). While there are not many trials explaining as to why however marijuana has also shown to help with athleticism. Some may wonder how marijuana could help an athlete, but marijuana must be banned from sports for a reason that reason being that it is believed to calm an athlete's nerves and anxiety (Caulkins,2012). Marijuana is also believed to lead towards a more creative life, while that may be connected to “ Stoned thinking” it makes an artist's life much easier. The last benefit is easily arguable to be seen as not a benefit but for the sake of this paper it is, that benefit being pleasure

Beside the pros, NCAA study shows that in 2013, 22 percent of college athletes have detail smoking marijuana.