It’s always a crushing blow to athletics when one of the greats is exposed for doping. Coaches and athletes alike have been finding ways to twist the latest scientific developments for their benefit.While some argue that sports cannot move forward without performance-enhancing drugs, the majority views doping as unethical. As with any debated issue, there are some who support doping. Authors such as Ian Steadman defend the use of performance-enhancing drugs on the grounds that they are the future of sports. Sports have, and always will be, about being competitive and trying to outperform others. Doping, with this thinking in mind, is simply the next step in competitive sports. Coaches and athletes have already used the latest and greatest scientific and technological advances to create effective training regimens that target every area of an athlete’s life from diet to physical exercise. Performance-enhancing drugs will simply amplify the effects of a strict regimen (548). And although athletes may train follow the same routines and train with the same intensity, genetics ultimately dictate who
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They point out that caffeine, once considered a performance enhancing drug, is no longer banned because it doesn’t go against the nature of sports (Steadman 548). As bioethics professor Julian Savulescu puts it, “‘It has always [been] part of the human spirit to use knowledge to make oneself better and doping has been a part of sport since its beginning’” (Steadman 551). Fellow author Peter Singer also quotes Savulescu’s belief on how doping should be handled: let the athletes dope, as long as it is safe for them to do so. As long as the performance-enhancing drug does not goes against the sport, such as tremor reduction in archery or fear removal for boxing, then it should by all means be allowed (Steadman
They point out that caffeine, once considered a performance enhancing drug, is no longer banned because it doesn’t go against the nature of sports (Steadman 548). As bioethics professor Julian Savulescu puts it, “‘It has always [been] part of the human spirit to use knowledge to make oneself better and doping has been a part of sport since its beginning’” (Steadman 551). Fellow author Peter Singer also quotes Savulescu’s belief on how doping should be handled: let the athletes dope, as long as it is safe for them to do so. As long as the performance-enhancing drug does not goes against the sport, such as tremor reduction in archery or fear removal for boxing, then it should by all means be allowed (Steadman