“Crack!” The sound of a baseball flying 400 feet off a bat. “Smack!” The sound of a 103 mph fastball hitting the catcher's mitt. “Whoosh!” The sound of a sprinter breaking the world record. These sounds represent what will happen if doping is legalized. Although these sounds may be more exciting to fans, steroids are not allowed in sports for a reason. Despite the positives of performance enhancing drugs, doping should not be legalized in professional sports because it would ruin the “spirit of the game”. PED’s also pose a large health risk to the athlete, and legalizing steroids would not necessarily level the playing field.
Even though fans would fill up stadiums, seating 50,000 to witness the highest level of play , doping would ruin the “spirit of the game”. The spirit of the game or good sportsmanship is demonstrated when a player plays fairly. Morals are one reason, “The current PED ban stems from… and a… belief that PED use damages the “spirit of the game” (Livingston). By allowing steroids players will be disrespecting not only other players but the game. Others believe that it’s shown overtime that athletes have always tried to get better …show more content…
Many think by legalizing steroids, the game would become more fair because all players would be able to take them. By legalizing doping, “Athletes who wanted to live a healthy existence would be pushed out altogether” (Mientka). However on the other side, athletes are already being pushed to the side by those sneaking steroids into the game. The playing field currently is already unfair because, “competitors face a probability of only 2.9 percent in getting caught” (Mientka). But by legalizing performance enhancing drugs players would be forced to dope just to keep up with their competition. Sports would become a “competition… would be the one to develop the most powerful drugs”
Even though fans would fill up stadiums, seating 50,000 to witness the highest level of play , doping would ruin the “spirit of the game”. The spirit of the game or good sportsmanship is demonstrated when a player plays fairly. Morals are one reason, “The current PED ban stems from… and a… belief that PED use damages the “spirit of the game” (Livingston). By allowing steroids players will be disrespecting not only other players but the game. Others believe that it’s shown overtime that athletes have always tried to get better …show more content…
Many think by legalizing steroids, the game would become more fair because all players would be able to take them. By legalizing doping, “Athletes who wanted to live a healthy existence would be pushed out altogether” (Mientka). However on the other side, athletes are already being pushed to the side by those sneaking steroids into the game. The playing field currently is already unfair because, “competitors face a probability of only 2.9 percent in getting caught” (Mientka). But by legalizing performance enhancing drugs players would be forced to dope just to keep up with their competition. Sports would become a “competition… would be the one to develop the most powerful drugs”