For professional athletes, there are many issues that come with taking steroids as performance enhancers. The drugs do awful things to your body, they create an unfair advantage in sports, and they ruin achievements like the Hall of Fame.
First, I think that people who take steroids are damaging their bodies. Also, once someone starts to take the drugs, they might not want to stop because they would want to continue getting stronger. There is also a risk of roid rage which endangers others as well.
Another big issue with steroids is how unfair it is to the other players. As a young athlete I come across players that are better and faster than me, but I don't understand risking addiction and roid rage to unfairly get an advantage.
Lastly, it is completely unfair for Hall of Famers who have never taken steroids to be placed with others who have. These players work so hard and those who take steroids could be taking an opportunity away from others. In my opinion, people who take steroids shouldn't be able to be in the Hall of Fame.
What do you think? Do you agree with my reasons against steroids in sports?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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I definitely agree with you. But I also understand why people would risk all the problems that come with steroids in order to get an unfair advantage on the competition: higher, faster, stronger (the Olympic motto, more or less) has, in professional sports, turned into highEST, fastEST, strongEST. We don't seem to value skill, training, and performance anymore, except in superlatives. And of course, the blame belongs not just to the athletes, but also to the fan and industry expectations that shape them and their attitudes. Being good and having a good time doesn't seem to be good enough.
Keeping steroid users out of the hall of fame might be one way to go about changing the way sports achievements are celebrated, but I think it'll take a lot more than that to get the whole national attitude adjusted, and it'll have to start with the next generation. More (clean) power to you, as a young athlete!
i agree with you- steroids are dangerous and gross. i also think they throw off the level of competition- how can someone normal compete with someone with superhuman strength?
on the other hand, we let models take drugs to stay skinny, we let them get airbrushed in pictures, we let musicians lip-synch at concerts and use studio effects on their voices when they record albums. are those things so different? i'm just throwing it out there...
Yes. Of course I totally agree. It is not fair for athletes to work so hard naturally and get shown up by those who choose to cheat and take steroids. There is no way that they should be in the Hall of Fame. Everyone should be on the same level "playing field".
I agree with you, Shaire. The drugs are dangerous and create an unfair situation. I also think that the various athletic governing bodies have a lot of responsibility for the present situation because for years they basically looked the other way and ignored the problem. If there were severe penalties for the use of steroids, rigorously enforced-- penalties such as season long suspensions and large fines on the players as well as the teams involved-- the problem very well might go away.
Bob
I agree with your reasons. I believe athletes must work harder to become better. Not take enhances to become better. Hard work brings big dividends and big dividends come from hard work. Performance enhancing drugs in my opinion is a form of cheating.
I agree. Steroids are dangerous to the individual, society, and the integrity of the Hall of Fame. Individuals who are found to have used steroids should be fined, suspended and stripped of awards. It is not fair to the athletes who work hard for achievements.
I agree...having an unfair advantage due to using performance enhancing drugs is crippling sports. It's sad when you find out an athlete that you fully supported cheated to gain his success. With that being said like many other things in life, we as a society have to look at ourselves in the mirror. We are a sportscenter nation that builds up athletes individually far more than they do the team as a whole. Similarly, as fans we gravitate to the individual star athlete as if he's a superhero or something, despite whether his team is actually successful or not. This mentality by everyone contributes to the mindset of the modern athlete that they must do whatever to have individual success and stay on sportscenter, which leads to bigger popularity and bigger contracts, good for them and their family, bad for the integrity of sports.
Smart! NEVER risk addiction to get ahead, ALWAYS do the right things, in every aspect of life, this way when its all said and done you can hold your head high
I totally agree with everything you said. Athletes who take steroids should definitely not be admitted into the Hall of Fame. It is ludicrous to praise someone for their tenacity and performance with such a prestigious honor, who required performance enhancing drugs to achieve that accomplishment and therefore did not achieve it on their own merit. More importantly, Hall of Famers serve as role models for young, upcoming athletes, and users of steroids are not the type of people we should be encouraging the next generation of athletes to emulate.
I agree with your reasoning. There are many other ways to enhance performance through legal nutritional supplements, and vitamins. Further, the fun of sports is to balance brawn with brilliance; learning how to out think an opponent, and/or to get the most out of your body with all its strengths/limitations, is what makes competitive sports interesting for the player and the fans. I do understand the temptation to take steroids and hope I would make the right decision if I was a professional athlete with the potential to make millions of dollars based on the number of home runs I could hit in a season! Hopefully I would decide that it isn't all about money.
I agree with you 100%. Once we understand that we have to work for the things we want in life and not always try to find "a short-cut", society will be better off.
Very good points Shaire! As a person who follows sports a great deal,I've always been proud to say that I am a fan of those who play the games the right way. As an example, although they may be slightly before your time,I have always been an extremely big fan of football players Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders. They both excelled and became the best at their position without illegal substances as well as making the chose to stay free of the drinking and party drugs that come with fame! You are on the right track. As far as the teens that run a bit faster and seem a bit stronger,those are the ones you defeat with your brain! Another one of my favorites was basketball point guard John Stockton of the Utah jazz. He was a small slow white guy who became a Hall of Fame player by out thinking his opponent and drugs were never an option!......because you have already recognized the dangers of performance enhancing drugs you have already become a better athlete!
I completely agree with you Shaire. Taking steroids definintely gives an unfair advantage, and shows that the player has a lack of self-confidence. Just because an athelete has a passion for their sport- it doesn't give them the right to justify taking drugs in order to 'enhance' their abilities. Stick to your morals, and keep working hard... it will pay off!
I agree with you 100%. They are a detriment to the team, athlete and fans. Steroids give the user an unfair advantage and poison the game. It is a pleasure to see that you know the importance of an athletes behavior and choices. You will be an asset to any organization.
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