Why Athletes Use Steroid

“The use of steroids should be tamed and deemed illegal. They should be removed from all professional sports with major punishments if rules are violated” (Wivel). So why do athletes use steroids? Many athletes use steroids, or PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs), to boost their performance on the field, but do they not worry about the repercussions later in life? Steroids cause great distress to your body, and may even cause premature death. They increase your chances of having a heart attack and decrease the functionality of many major organs in the body (Douglas). When taking steroids, athletes often do not look into the future and are taken by surprise when their body deteriorates faster than it should. As an athlete ages, their risk of deaths and disease increase greatly, often resulting in them regretting their decision to harm their bodies just for a few years of stardom. Throughout all sports, steroid use should be eliminated, making the competitions level and truly showing the best players in each individual sport. In professional sports, athletes are either on top of the game or dwindling behind. To perform their best and stay on top, it is at times necessary to cheat and use steroids. As a professional, athletes always have the chance of being beaten out and losing their jobs, or becoming seriously injured and immediately …show more content…
Team doctors frequently do not tell patients the effects of the steroids, usually only the positive, short-term effects are shared with patients. When football players are injured, they rarely wait until they are 100 percent to begin playing. To be able to recover so swiftly and get back onto the field, they must ‘boost’ themselves by using steroids. They take away the pain and allow inhumane recovery times. By doing so, it makes athletes unknown to when they become seriously injured, often leading to the problem becoming even more