Sports and Drugs As we all know, there are many amazing athletes in the sports world today. With many skilled athletes the pressure to prepare and perform well has become increasingly harder. As an athlete I know how important it is to prepare yourself for each and every performance, but some people go to the extreme. To prepare themselves and guarantee that they will perform well many athletes will result to performance enhancement drugs, or PED’s. Living in a pill-popping, tummy tucking society people believe it is acceptable to use medication to better a healthy body. The use of performance enhancing drugs by professional athletes, or doping, has been a problem since the 1930’s. People argue that PED’s are harmful and potentially fatal,
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Improperly consuming harsh supplements have fatal consequences that our athletes are not aware of. Drugs like steroids and other forms of doping have a negative effect on long term health. Because these supplements are not pharmaceutically controlled, they have become overrated and abused. After taking these supplements over a long period of time your body begins to rely and crave on these drugs. Players are convinced that PED’s are helping their fame and fortune, but in reality, they are abusing their strong, healthy bodies. The overuse of these drugs has become common in the sports world. A player consuming PED’s is not only risking their health; they are risking their future opportunities. If a high school athlete was caught practicing the use of illegal drugs any scholarships awarded to them for athletics would be destroyed and their chance of making it into the big leagues would be ruined. If a professional athlete is established using they can be fined, sued, suspended, and depending on the seriousness of the violation, a players contact can be dropped. For example, former New York Mets clubhouse employee, Kirk Radomski was sentenced to five years probation and fined $18,000 after …show more content…
As a professional athlete it is very important to keep a good reputation due to fans and the younger generation. PED’s are sending a wrong message to children. People influenced by their favorite athlete emulate their style of play, pursue similar actions, and act like them because they wish to be as successful as them. If someone was to see their idol, the person they look up to, consuming these drugs then they would think it was okay, they would think that it is a part of what they do. The younger generation becomes convinced that if they want to be like the top elite athletes they have to consume these drugs; that to be the best they have to start shooting up, considering that’s what everyone else does. It becomes a trend. Younger athletes suppose that steroids used by their role model gives them permission to use them, they think it’s natural; that it is simply part of what you do to be a top athlete. People need to come to the realization on how much they influence the younger generation. The younger generation is the future to the sports world. If the use and abuse of PED’s continues it will soon be used by the majority of our younger athletes and have a bigger impact on sports. PED’s will end up moving like a virus; expanding through the younger
Improperly consuming harsh supplements have fatal consequences that our athletes are not aware of. Drugs like steroids and other forms of doping have a negative effect on long term health. Because these supplements are not pharmaceutically controlled, they have become overrated and abused. After taking these supplements over a long period of time your body begins to rely and crave on these drugs. Players are convinced that PED’s are helping their fame and fortune, but in reality, they are abusing their strong, healthy bodies. The overuse of these drugs has become common in the sports world. A player consuming PED’s is not only risking their health; they are risking their future opportunities. If a high school athlete was caught practicing the use of illegal drugs any scholarships awarded to them for athletics would be destroyed and their chance of making it into the big leagues would be ruined. If a professional athlete is established using they can be fined, sued, suspended, and depending on the seriousness of the violation, a players contact can be dropped. For example, former New York Mets clubhouse employee, Kirk Radomski was sentenced to five years probation and fined $18,000 after …show more content…
As a professional athlete it is very important to keep a good reputation due to fans and the younger generation. PED’s are sending a wrong message to children. People influenced by their favorite athlete emulate their style of play, pursue similar actions, and act like them because they wish to be as successful as them. If someone was to see their idol, the person they look up to, consuming these drugs then they would think it was okay, they would think that it is a part of what they do. The younger generation becomes convinced that if they want to be like the top elite athletes they have to consume these drugs; that to be the best they have to start shooting up, considering that’s what everyone else does. It becomes a trend. Younger athletes suppose that steroids used by their role model gives them permission to use them, they think it’s natural; that it is simply part of what you do to be a top athlete. People need to come to the realization on how much they influence the younger generation. The younger generation is the future to the sports world. If the use and abuse of PED’s continues it will soon be used by the majority of our younger athletes and have a bigger impact on sports. PED’s will end up moving like a virus; expanding through the younger