Imagine you are a senior in high school. You are the fastest, toughest, and simply being the best player on the field no matter who you are playing. There is only one problem, you are six feet three inches tall and one hundred and sixty pounds. Each college scout says says the same thing as the last, “We would love for you to play on our team next year, but I need you to gain some weight.” You eat as much as you can but it doesn't seem to help at all. The only thing that is keeping you from a full ride scholarship is your weight. You feel there is only one option for you, steroids. No one seems to look twice after seeing you put on twenty pounds of muscle in only a few months. From there you go to your college of choice with a full ride with
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This player had used steroids since high school saying that coaches, trainers, and even team doctors are not educated on how to see signs of steroid use in players even going as far to say “'I don't think the coaches are looking for it, anyway.” This player became an All-Star in college later making it to the NFL. Steroids became routine for him as much as putting on his equipment did.
Before one of his NFL games the player injected the steroid but had missed a muscle injuring himself. Fearing what would happen the player saw the team doctor. The doctor gave him a prescription to help heal where he had gotten the injury also he gave him unexpected advice saying “Next time, shoot yourself higher, closer to the hip.”
Incidents similar to this cause players to believe they will get no punishment for the use of these illegal substances. Without discipline players, like this one, will see no reason not to take the steroids. When these situations occur the athletes feel that team doctors, coaches, trainers, and league officials are fine with it as long as they don’t get bad press from it. Athletes determine that as long as nobody says anything and they feel like the competition already uses these substances then they should feel they are entitled to a use them
This player had used steroids since high school saying that coaches, trainers, and even team doctors are not educated on how to see signs of steroid use in players even going as far to say “'I don't think the coaches are looking for it, anyway.” This player became an All-Star in college later making it to the NFL. Steroids became routine for him as much as putting on his equipment did.
Before one of his NFL games the player injected the steroid but had missed a muscle injuring himself. Fearing what would happen the player saw the team doctor. The doctor gave him a prescription to help heal where he had gotten the injury also he gave him unexpected advice saying “Next time, shoot yourself higher, closer to the hip.”
Incidents similar to this cause players to believe they will get no punishment for the use of these illegal substances. Without discipline players, like this one, will see no reason not to take the steroids. When these situations occur the athletes feel that team doctors, coaches, trainers, and league officials are fine with it as long as they don’t get bad press from it. Athletes determine that as long as nobody says anything and they feel like the competition already uses these substances then they should feel they are entitled to a use them