Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?
James kirkup M.A. made a statement on Nov.10.2015 on the article titles “athletics doping crisis is just another reason to allow drugs in sports” he states that “ what should happen is this: doping should be allowed. In this article the argument for steroids and other performance enhancement drugs comes down to “why do we need to ban them?” James Kirkup is open minded to not only allow use in sports but in gene therapy, DNA modification etc. The important point is as long as sportsman and sportswomen are adults they should be allowed to make the decision knowing the possible consequence for their actions.
In this day and age we live in the proven inability to enforce a no tolerance approach we should instead take a more steady approach. As a very brief and incomplete overview I agree that they should be allowed within a safe measurable physiological …show more content…
Athletics is not only physically and mentally draining but it pushes the human body to the extremes. It doesn't help there are greater outcomes and benefits being the best of the best, so in some ways this is the extreme change athletes make by an easy fix to being the greatest to be able to get that bonus pay raise, longer contract, and mostly the rush of a better performance and praise from fans that athletes crave.
If the president of athletics decides to lift the ban on performance enhancing drugs would all of the sports in the world's problems vanish? Agreeing to an extent we could see the obvious problems improve to a certain point. Today's athletes are encouraged not only by coaches, management, and team members to of course win at any cost. “Who can blame them for taking supplements when the reward is so great and the chances for detection are so remote?”. Ellis Cashmere PHP in the same article for all this tough talking the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) is always one step behind
James kirkup M.A. made a statement on Nov.10.2015 on the article titles “athletics doping crisis is just another reason to allow drugs in sports” he states that “ what should happen is this: doping should be allowed. In this article the argument for steroids and other performance enhancement drugs comes down to “why do we need to ban them?” James Kirkup is open minded to not only allow use in sports but in gene therapy, DNA modification etc. The important point is as long as sportsman and sportswomen are adults they should be allowed to make the decision knowing the possible consequence for their actions.
In this day and age we live in the proven inability to enforce a no tolerance approach we should instead take a more steady approach. As a very brief and incomplete overview I agree that they should be allowed within a safe measurable physiological …show more content…
Athletics is not only physically and mentally draining but it pushes the human body to the extremes. It doesn't help there are greater outcomes and benefits being the best of the best, so in some ways this is the extreme change athletes make by an easy fix to being the greatest to be able to get that bonus pay raise, longer contract, and mostly the rush of a better performance and praise from fans that athletes crave.
If the president of athletics decides to lift the ban on performance enhancing drugs would all of the sports in the world's problems vanish? Agreeing to an extent we could see the obvious problems improve to a certain point. Today's athletes are encouraged not only by coaches, management, and team members to of course win at any cost. “Who can blame them for taking supplements when the reward is so great and the chances for detection are so remote?”. Ellis Cashmere PHP in the same article for all this tough talking the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) is always one step behind