All around the world, sports are played to maintain physical fitness and competing to put one’s physical abilities to the test. Athletes everywhere dedicate themselves to their sport; training to be the best at what they do in order to compete and win. A majority of pro athletes spend their lives, or a big part of it training to make it to the top. Players who dope, or use performance enhancement drugs to better their physique and abilities, should be considered ineligible to participate in the competition and forfeit their award if given one due to the fact that it provides an unfair advantage.
Doping dates back as far as ancient Greeks; it wasn’t until the late 1920s that people felt the need to restrict the use. In 1966 world governing bodies for football and cycling were the first to enable an act that would allow their athletes to be tested for enhancement drugs. In 1968 the Olympics also introduced this motion. By the early 1970s most international federations introduced drug tests.
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Scientific American says “about 50-80 percent of all professional baseball players as well as Track and Field stars have been doping” (Shermer, “Gaming Baseball: Why Players Dope”). Many athletes who dope say it is a necessity as an excuse to the act. 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100-meter, Ben Johnson was stripped of his titles for doping; his trainer Francis said “it was cheat or lose” (Francis, “Gaming Baseball: Why players Dope”). From 1968-2012 there were about 114 doping cases open in the Summer Olympics and about 22 in the Winter Olympics. The number of cases open means the number of athletes tested positive for dope by the International Olympic Committee and the WADA-accredited laboratory. Another study showed that 36% of athletes between the ages of 18 and 25 have doped or know someone who has; as you move up into the elite levels of sporting the number simply
Doping dates back as far as ancient Greeks; it wasn’t until the late 1920s that people felt the need to restrict the use. In 1966 world governing bodies for football and cycling were the first to enable an act that would allow their athletes to be tested for enhancement drugs. In 1968 the Olympics also introduced this motion. By the early 1970s most international federations introduced drug tests.
Lance Armstrong, a famous American …show more content…
Scientific American says “about 50-80 percent of all professional baseball players as well as Track and Field stars have been doping” (Shermer, “Gaming Baseball: Why Players Dope”). Many athletes who dope say it is a necessity as an excuse to the act. 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100-meter, Ben Johnson was stripped of his titles for doping; his trainer Francis said “it was cheat or lose” (Francis, “Gaming Baseball: Why players Dope”). From 1968-2012 there were about 114 doping cases open in the Summer Olympics and about 22 in the Winter Olympics. The number of cases open means the number of athletes tested positive for dope by the International Olympic Committee and the WADA-accredited laboratory. Another study showed that 36% of athletes between the ages of 18 and 25 have doped or know someone who has; as you move up into the elite levels of sporting the number simply