Steroid Athletes Should Be Banned

Diego Maradona was a professional soccer player most known for his International achievements. It was said that he failed a couple of drug tests and that he was on cocaine. Many people lost respect for him when they heard this. He denied doing drugs at first, but he then admitted to it. Professional athletes should be banned from their sport for doing drugs because young people look up to them and they are putting a bad example.
Doping in sports is not allowed in any sport, and should not be allowed to do. People such as kids, sports fans, and people whom like sports, loose respect for the game when they hear that athletes are doping and getting away with it. According to The Baltimore Sun, it says that in the MLB athletes get three chances …show more content…
Morgan Thad says, “Positive steroid tests result in a 50-game suspension for a first offense, a 100-game suspension for a second offense and a full season for a third offense” (Morgan). Also, in other sports such as football, soccer, track & field, all performance-enhancing drugs and drugs to just have a good time are banned. If athletes are found doing drugs, they will get punished and it may be in a big way or a small way. In addition, The Sportster let’s the public know the soccer players who were found guilty of doing drugs (Hammer). Elfie Hammer says, “Professional athletes are elite athletes, at the highest level, players are required to be incredibly fit” (Hammer). This means that players are required not to do any drugs, at all points. As a matter of fact, drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition such as High School sports, College sports, and Major League sports. Claudia Reardon says, “Athletic life may lead to drug abuse for a number of reasons, including for performance-enhancement, to self-treat otherwise untreated, mental illness, and to deal with stress” (Reardon). Athletes are role models and people look up to them because they are good at a sport or because they inspire them to play the game. Greg Schwab says in an …show more content…
Doping is also considered cheating in all professional sports such as the MLB, NBA, FIFA, etc. The International Olympic Committee stands against doping and performance-enhancing drugs. The Committee says, “Doping is not only a danger for the health of athletes, it also constitutes a form of cheating which we cannot afford” (Dudrey). Also, doing drugs in sports affects the future health of the athlete. In the book, “Drugs and Sports” by William Dudrey it says that it is justifiable to prohibit the use of a substance if such use can lead to violent situations where persons can be harmed. This is referring on how drugs affect the bodies of the athletes and how this can affect the health in the near future. In addition, Gary Mihoces talks about how the use of performance-enhancing drugs is growing in high school sports and is going to be hard to stop. In a national of how many students have been found doing drugs, it shows a rise in steroid use by eight and 10th grade boys. High school athletes are getting these drugs from the streets and other professional athletes that do drugs too are inspiring them. Michael Bumberger talks about how common performance-enhancing drugs are in every sport that involves physical movements. There’s a saying that says to be a great athlete you need a great coach, a great chemist and a great lawyer. This is what is wrong with sports, there is