Steroids in the World of Athletes and Sports

Steroid abuse has become a huge problem in professional sports today. Athletes are now using steroids to gain a competitive edge over their opponents. Also, the athletes are using the steroids to recover quickly from major injuries or surgeries. Many former superstar athletes have been caught taking steroids during the season and offseason.

Since Major League Baseball all-star Ken Caminiti openly admitted to Sports Illustrated to have used steroids during his career, steroid use as a muscle and performance enhancer has been uncovered and become a big issue Major League Baseball is wrestling with. The “ongoing and delicate subject, baseball’s dirty, little secret that is no secret anymore,” is a huge and growing problem (Curry B20). Now that light has been shed on the issue, critics are beginning to realize the magnitude of this problem and do not like it. Steroids are a cheating virus that is spreading quickly. Users cheat other players, themselves, the fans, and the game itself. Action must be taken to rid Major League Baseball of this virus

Most athletes who use steroids take them for the purpose of muscle mass growth and strength. Steroids are not safe because there is no safe way to monitor steroid use. Long term effects use of steroids are unknown. In my personal opinion I do believe using steroids is cheating because you are not naturally getting this muscle growth and strength. It is not okay for non-professional or professional athletes to use steroid, like previously stated the long term effect that steroids can have on the human body are unknown. My thoughts on steroid usage in athletes are that I do not agree. I don't believe it is fair for the rest of teammates who work hard to naturally achieve what those who use steroid achieve.

In major league baseball there has been too much controversy with steroids. Many baseball players have been caught using steroids. Some of the baseball players that have been caught include the following: Alex Rodrigues, Barry

The abuse of steroids among players in Major League Baseball is corrupting the image of America's Pastime as well as endangering the health of those who use the illegal substances. The lack of testing and punishment for the use of illegal substances like steroids in the Major Leagues portrays a negative image to aspiring young athletes. They see their role models using steroids and becoming better athletes rather than seeing suspensions for the illegal behavior or the negative health effects.

Baseball is America’s national pastime, but it has still faced controversy. Major League Baseball and its players have faced one huge problem, steroids. Performance enhancing drugs such as testosterone, human growth hormone, and androstenedione are all factors of the horrible period in baseball known as the “Steroid Era”. Almost all of the home run leaders, prime pitchers, and many all-stars at the time had one thing in common; they all used steroids. This still is a problem and Major League Baseball and its officials need to be stricter and tighten drug tests, and ban steroids for good.

The side effects of steroid use are:liver, heart, and kidney disease; cancer, death, stunted growth, and sterility. The effects can also change the emotions a steroid user has causing domestic violence and suicidal actions. The professional level of sports are very hard on steroid user. In the NFL the do 12,000 test, 4,000 of which are in the off-season. Thus players tend to take Hormonal Growth Promoters stimulate muscle, and other body tissue(

The game of baseball has seen a lot of controversy over the past decade or so, which people call the Steroid Era. The search for abusers of performance-enhancing drugs has been reminiscent of a witch-hunt and players have fell under more and more scrutiny. The use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball has a long history but is something that must come to an end. The use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs causes gives players an unfair advantage over their peers that cannot be ignored.

Athletes that use steroids are at a high risk of getting caught and suspended. Use of steroids in many sports are illegal but athletes do not always get caught. Congress should pass a law that all professional sports should be testing athletes for Performance Enhancing Drugs.

Steroids come with three different types of risks/side effects that include: mental health, addictive potential and physical dangers. Steroids have immediate effects on the brain of a user as soon as they begin taking them. As soon as steroids are introduced into the user’s system, they “[bind to the] androgen (male sex hormone) and estrogen (female sex hormone) receptors on the surface of a cell.” Studies have suggested that “steroids may contribute to psychiatric dysfunction, paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility” (“NIDA InfoFacts: Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic)”, 2009). These mental side effects also contribute to the growing narcissistic nature of steroid users, where they feel invincible, that no one is better than them, or

Success comes from humbleness and dedication to achieve a goal or a dream. Drug use is not beneath some athletes who have seen no other way to become successful in their career. The organization that oversees professional sports should be in the business of testing athletes for drug use at least every month at random.

My major is kinesiology. The topic I chose to commit to is whether steroids should be legalized or stay illegal. I chose this topic because it is an ongoing issue happening today with athletes and it has been an issue for a long time. The topic of steroids in sport has had much controversy as said by a couple of my kinesiology professors during their

In the days when steroids were only being used by body builders and professional wrestlers, stories about performance enhancing drugs could only be found on the back pages of the newspapers. When former Oakland Raiders All-Pro Lyle Alzado admitted to steroid use in a 1991 Sports Illustrated article the whispers about what professional athletes were using steroids began to get louder. (Puma, 2005) Finally, in 2002, when Caminiti, a former MVP, came clean, two things were clear; athletes in all sports were using these drugs, and that they worked. The fact that steroid use had permeated our national pastime combined with the media explosion of the internet and 24 hour a day sports talk created a perfect storm which created the biggest sports story of the new millennium so far. However, two other facts remained clear, performance enhancing drugs were old news, and athletes in all sports from all over the world had been using them for years.

When it comes to sports, it is hard to know who has true talent and who is cheating, by using steroids. Steroids play a big role in professional sports. Athletes of all ages have been using steroids. Steroids are one of the world’s most controversial drugs. Peter F. Martin, in the essay, “Destroyed,” is against steroids. In the essay, “The Designer Player,” Rodrigo Villagomez is in favor of

Abstract:  With the increase of competition has also come the need to become bigger and stronger than the opponent.  The use of steroids among athletes has caused the focus of the game to change.  No longer does an athlete want to win by doing their best, but they want to become bigger and have an advantage over the opponent.  Ultimately, all athletes feel that they need to use performance-enhancing drugs to compete at the same level. Despite all of the warnings and information on performance-enhancing drugs, athletes continue to use them and overlook the potential health risks associated with steroids.