Is Doping in Sports OK?
73 home runs in a single MLB season. That is almost an unthinkable thing to accomplish at the highest level of baseball. When Barry Bonds completed this feat in 2001, many people speculated on whether or not he was helped in any way… they meant steroids. Doping, which is the use of steroids, is now a major issue within pro sports and has helped many athletes accomplish feats they might not have otherwise done. Even though doping does not always make that much of a difference, and some athletes would have been able to accomplish just as much without it; Yes, athletes should have to give up their titles and medals. The athletes broke the rules, cheated their team, and themselves. Most athletes would not have been close to being able to do as much without doping.
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The remaining 39% thought their accomplishments should stay. “They still worked to get them whether they got the help or not.” This quote from one student says that the steroids wouldn’t help even if the athletes did take them. Even the amount of work that you put in with the steroids won’t make that much of a difference because the steroids are not doing the work. The results, however, support that more people than not think that big name athletes should lose whatever they had accomplished because they had broken the rules of the game. One student of this majority stated that “They (the athletes) don’t deserve to have fame for using drugs when they’re are other people that didn’t use the drugs.” This quote says that people who are using the steroids to make themselves better should not get the fame because there are other people who deserve the fame for actually following the
73 home runs in a single MLB season. That is almost an unthinkable thing to accomplish at the highest level of baseball. When Barry Bonds completed this feat in 2001, many people speculated on whether or not he was helped in any way… they meant steroids. Doping, which is the use of steroids, is now a major issue within pro sports and has helped many athletes accomplish feats they might not have otherwise done. Even though doping does not always make that much of a difference, and some athletes would have been able to accomplish just as much without it; Yes, athletes should have to give up their titles and medals. The athletes broke the rules, cheated their team, and themselves. Most athletes would not have been close to being able to do as much without doping.
Athletes who use steroids should be stripped of their medals and honors because they broke the rules. Drug testing for …show more content…
The remaining 39% thought their accomplishments should stay. “They still worked to get them whether they got the help or not.” This quote from one student says that the steroids wouldn’t help even if the athletes did take them. Even the amount of work that you put in with the steroids won’t make that much of a difference because the steroids are not doing the work. The results, however, support that more people than not think that big name athletes should lose whatever they had accomplished because they had broken the rules of the game. One student of this majority stated that “They (the athletes) don’t deserve to have fame for using drugs when they’re are other people that didn’t use the drugs.” This quote says that people who are using the steroids to make themselves better should not get the fame because there are other people who deserve the fame for actually following the