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
No Pros in Performance Enhancing Drugs Bigger, faster, stronger. Everyone's goal is to become the best at what they do. From the Wayne Gretzky in hockey, Michael Jordan in basketball, or Serena Williams in tennis every athlete wants to be the best. But is it worth cheating to become the best? Performance enhancing drugs should continue to be illegal in athletics due to the immoral use, to probable increase of concussions, and the failure of bodily functions. The first reason performance enhancing
With the change of rules in sports throughout the many centuaries, the most advance form of improving the ability of athletes is known as doping. Doping are performance-enhancing drugs which are used in sports. The uses of these drugs are considered to be unethical as it gives competitors an unfair advantage. Sports is seen as an activity based on full ethics and complete discipline. With the invention of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, it gives athletes a greater opportunity of cheating
also some pro and cons of drug testing. Although drugs are seen in a negative manner there are some advantages. Performance enhancements are also used to help recover from injuries quickly. Drugs can also help reduce anxiety, pain, and stress. Drugs are known to have more of a negative effect on health than positive (Jost, Kenneth 24). Although, they are known to have a short-term enhancement they, “cause impotence, worsening acne, balding and “steroid rage.” (Jost, Kenneth 26). Another con of drug
Doping in sport has been prominent since the Olympics were first introduced in Ancient Greece, with competitors supposedly ingesting Strychnine as a performance enhancer (Fitch, 2012). This has continued into today with new research commencing weekly investigating performers using performance enhancing drugs in a world where the difference between first and second can cost an athlete millions in sponsorship and reward money. The regulation of doping in sport was not introduced until the 1960’s, when
Sports are full of entertainment and great players. Imagine if the players were boosted with skills and performed like the monster on the movie Space Jam. This would be amazing if you never watched space jam I highly recommended you do so. The movie was great; it had one of the worlds best athletes in it Michal Jordan. He is known as one of the greatest basketball players ever to play the game. Space jam can show how an extra boost can improve players’ game play to the next level. Athletes should
Performing Enhancing Drugs and the World of Sports Sports has become one of the most impactful and influential parts of our culture. Sports has cemented itself as a standard part of society. In fact, taking a look back on myself and coming from an athletic background, growing up my mom would always put me in a variety of sports. When I reached high school age something that was always drilled into me by my coaches was the aspect of hard work. During my high school sporting career there was a multitude
Robinson from the Washington post once stated “Most fans watch sports…to see people unlike themselves perform extraordinary physical feats. The superhuman quality of professional athletes is precisely what Americans admire about them” (CITE) Drug testing was created to stop the use of performance enhancements as artificial stimulants for physical and mental enhancements. (CITE) Drugs which are used by athletes in all types of sports have many advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, laws were created
Steroids in sports has been one of the biggest controversial topics since 1904 when Olympic marathon runner, Thomas Hicks, used a mixture of brandy and strychnine and nearly died. However, the use of PED’s (performance enhancing drugs) dates all the back to 776 BC with the Ancient Greek athletes. In sports todays the question is whether or not these types of drugs should be banned from competition. In sports today it is all about entertaining the common people. Americans tune in every night to watch
performance”. As per the rules of World Anti-doping Agency (WADA), use of such substances in sports is strictly banned, however such ban is opposed by some either on the account of performance theory or on reasonable grounds based on contrary of ban with science. In the reading “Sports Enhancement” the Author “Thomas H. Murray” brings the ban to justification by providing acceptable arguments in favour. In this paper, I will discuss three characteristics of sports outlined in reading to contend in favour