The Importance Of Doping In Sports

Athletes use performance enhancing drugs to boost their game. The professionals who use these drugs are ruining the integrity of the game. Many people don’t understand why professional athletes would go to such extreme measures to be better when they have already proven themselves. Athletes are just taking away from their natural ability by using these dangerous drugs. The risk of using performance enhancing drugs is a lot greater than the reward, because an athlete’s reputation could be tarnished and their career ruined. Money is one of the major reasons why players use them; if they perform at levels higher than what their natural abilities could do they will be offered a large sum of money.

A number of prominent athletes have recently experienced a 'fall from grace,' because of the revelation that they used performance-enhancing drugs. Perhaps the most famous example of this phenomenon is Lance Armstrong. In an advertisement for Nike that his former sponsor now no doubt regrets, Armstrong is shown asking the viewer "what am I on? I'm on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day." Professional cycling is often cited as one of the sports in which doping is most endemic to its subculture, however a number of professional sports have been embroiled in drug scandals. Because of the many revelations about the number of baseball players who used steroids to get their record-breaking statistics, the 1990s are often called the 'steroid' era of baseball. The Olympic track and field star Marian Jones was stripped of her medals, after finally admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs (Lardon 2008). "Despite the health risks, and despite the regulating bodies' attempts to eliminate drugs from sport, the use of illegal substances is widely known to be rife. It hardly raises an eyebrow now when some famous athlete fails a dope test" (Savulescu, Foddy, & Clayton 2004).

Performance enhancers are very prominent in professional sports today. A lot of players are facing suspensions and other penalties for using them. The sport that gets scrutinized the most for this is Baseball. Many former users in the MLB (or formally the NABBP) have come out saying that they were using these drugs while playing. Some of these players are Jorge Sosa, Antonio Bastardo, and the famous Alex Rodriguez. Although these drugs have been prohibited, players are still finding ways around the tests which is why in some other countries they are legal so that no one player can have an unfair advantage.

Do you want to want to become the peak athlete that you know your body is capable of? Well, this paper will not do that for you, but it will tell you how, and it will tell you why it should be legal to do so. Doping in sports is one of the most extensive debates within the realm of athletics. Whether it be injecting anabolic steroids, consuming them, or blood doping, athletes will do drugs. Doping has no effect on the viewership of the sport. Athletes can always find ways to cheat the system, and trying to prevent the use seems impossible. The use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) should be legalized, as long as it is allowed under medical supervision.

The twenty-seven year old amputee Olympian, Oscar Pistorius accused of murder.Involving his late model and law grad girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on the night of Valentines day last year.Through his murder trial Mr.Pistorius has proven through his statements to be an overprotective person in certain situations.Mr.Pistorius to have an unstable mind, and last still fearful of the situation at hand. Oscar Pistorius is obviously guilty of harming this innocent victim and her family.

Out of the 21,849 drug tests during the 1968-2008 summer games there was 105 cases of positive drug tests (“Drugs and athletes”). Performance Enhancing Drugs can either be Stimulants, Anabolic-androgenic steroids, human growth hormones, and Erythropoientin (“Performance Enhancing”). PED’s improve your overall athletic performance. PED’ are harmful and can even be fatal. Athletes use these substances to gain an unfair advantage to become better than their opponent. Athletes who use PED’s violate the spirit of competition and makes it not fun to compete for players who respect the rules. Every year countless players take PED’s to give them an unfair boost that can harm them, it also does not show their true athleticism on the field.

Performance enhancing drugs, or steroids, have long been in the lifestyle of athletes. Many famous athletes like Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Marion Jones and Lance Armstrong have all confessed to the use of steroids. Celebrities like actor Charlie Sheen and ex Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, have also admitted to using steroids in the past. Performance enhancing drugs are a dangerous form of medicine and are most often used for sports. Although used by many athletes hoping for a leg up on their opponents, steroids have many dangerous side effects to the human body. These drugs have a long history, starting with their creation by French physiologist Charles Brown-Sequard in 1889. Athletes who are known to have used steroids shouldn’t be allowed into their sport’s Hall of Fame for many reasons, chief among them being that steroids are against the rules in all sports. Another reason is that steroids give a large unfair advantage to the athletes who use them. Two of the most well known steroid users of this generation are Lance Armstrong, the renowned cyclist and Alex Rodriguez, an ex New York Yankees player . Anyone who is known to have used performance enhancing drugs in their past shouldn’t be allowed into the highest honor for their career, whether the highest point is the Hall of Fame or the Oval Office.

Performance Enhancing is just another way for athletes to find success in sports. The drug effects many athletes in their daily life, which changes the way that they are viewed as role models. Reasons for the judgement towards them could have many different views and Sportsmanship tops them all. Their daily behavior on the sporting field causes people to judge their personal life based on their sports ability. There are many different reasons that doping in sports should be illegal such as it gives an athlete an unfair advantage over other athletes, it also disperse athletes as role models and can have adverse health effects.

When it comes to performance enhancing drugs, I would draw the line on what was considered illegal. They are illegal for a reason, and some performance enhancing drugs give players a clear advantage. A lineman in the NFL taking steroids would clearly benefit in an increase in strength and agility. It would be a crime to see all drugs in sports considered legal. I think it would be a detriment to society and would not send the right message to young people on how to achieve their goals. Young people would see athletes in professional sports and would be looking up to someone who no longer worked hard to get to their position, but just look drugs to reach their goals, what kind of message does that send. For years, at least to my knowledge, many

A survey in 2003 stated that 103 baseball players used performance enhancing drugs. In 2005 another survey revealed that 113 baseball players have used performance enhancing drugs. A third survey in 2007 revealed that 89 baseball players have used drugs (Nightengal). The Hall of Fame is a place where we honor athletes that are considered outstanding or honorable according to their ability to play the sport. In the 1800s, athletes swallowed doses of caffeine or sugar cubes that were coated with ether because they believed it would make their hearts pump blood. However, it only gave them headaches. Then in 1986, basketball star Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose. Reverend Jesse Jackson said, “ On a day the children mourn, I hope they learn.” However, they did not learn because eight days after Bias’s death Don Rogers lost his life from a cocaine overdose. Then, three days after him Willie Smith was arrested on cocaine charges (Nardo 10). Athletes who take performance enhancing drugs are not outstanding or honorable, and therefore should not be admitted into the

57% of steroid users say that they will continue to use it even if it shortens their lives. Being good at these sports earns you glory, sponsorship deals and money. These performance enhancing drugs increases the ability to be faster and stronger for a longer amount of time. Though some people may say that this is “cheating” because they are not using all of their own strength. Drugs in sports cannot be used in sports anymore because the human body is not able to keep up with the symptoms.

The use Performance Enhancing drugs ( PEDS) in the sports world by some athletes can have an impact on more than just themselves. More often than not athletes take PEDS to get an advantage over the opposing team and/or athlete. They may win, however there are many problems and health risks that come with taking PEDS. Athletes are role models to the younger generation, set the example that if you take PEDS then you will win. The athletes want to win so badly that they will cheat by using PEDS and risk losing their title. This forces the sport organizations in charge to constantly test for PEDS being used in sports. Resulting in a constant terdertader of the use PEDS and PEDS not being in sports. I think that if there was no more

From the very beginning when humans have engaged in competitive sports, they have tried to gain every possible edge against their opponents. After all, the desire for any and every competitive advantage is a completely understandable element of human nature. Not surprisingly, there are records of the use of performance enhancing drugs going as far back as ancient times. Despite this long and storied history of performance enhancing drugs in sports, doping is arguably the most controversial and most talked-about issue in modern sports. It is an issue that cuts across all sports, regardless of technology, popularity, or tradition. It affects the sports that are traditionally thought of as “muscle-bound,” such as football and bodybuilding. This

In New Zealand, this year the laws surrounding drugs in sport have been updated so that they are now at the same standard of those of the World Anti-Doping Agency's 2015 world anti-doping code. This meant increasing the penalty of those caught using performance enhancing drugs from a 2 year ban to 4 years for first time offenders. This means that an athlete that is caught using drugs at the Olympics, they will miss the next one. The laws have also been changed so that all supporting staff/team members of the athlete are subject to these laws as well and therefore they can receive banes as well. They also extended the consequences to anyone who tries to cover up any doping that is occurring. These law changes were set in place to

The start of sports doping has started with ancient gladiators to the 2017 winter Olympics. There is always the debate over which is correct. “Human nature is to find the quickest and fastest way to a solution, and in sports and competition, that solution is winning.” according to weebly.com page (1). However, a debate is just two different opinions. Some people believe it is beneficial for athletes others say it's dangerous for the health. This can be hard to choose which way to go but it is not about sides. It’s two different opinions at two different points that have one thing in common. Just like sports doping has the pros of maintaining health through the season or the choice of an athlete to improve their skills and themselves. Cons can include the health in future to the morals. However, they both have the one thing that the athletes strive and use always is their health. It is always good to look at the start of all problems and learn the information of the subject. The subject is athletes with sports doping with all sides of an open opinion to the pros and con. And, always recognize the common ground with anything.