Alex Rodriguez

Steroids have always been a negative influence in sports,but what if they didn’t have to be? Studies have shown that spectators enjoy watching athletes play at a higher level. Professional athletes should be allowed to use performance enhancing drugs because spectators are paying to see an athlete perform at their very best, the most entertaining and the most competitive. As a viewer you are paying to see an athlete perform at their respected sport, meaning they should be able to perform at…

What is a drug? A drug is anything that is administered in the body that alters the body physically or psychologically (not including food and water.) Steroids are the most popular drug used in sports but almost all drugs (other than drugs prescribed to help you) have several negative effects on your health. Steroids are drugs used to enhance performance mostly in athletics. Another type of this drug is anabolic steroids. The reason these drugs are so popular is because it makes the body…

Poverty in Our Society While everyone can agree that poverty is a problem in this world, not everyone looks at this issue the same way. In order for someone to truly comprehend the reality and struggles of what living in poverty are like, one must first experience it for themselves, this is where the author’s opinions differentiate. Although What is Poverty? and The Poverty of Equality present the common issue of poverty, they are very different in their point of view, their perspectives…

Performance Enhancing Substances: Do They Really Help You Perform Better? Have you ever wondered why a pitcher in baseball throws over one hundred mph every pitch. It is possible but is very unlikely. This is usually caused by Performance enhancing substances or drugs (PED’s). PED’s are commonly used by MLB players. These drugs boost your testosterone level which help you perform better. The use of these drugs also have a downside to them. Although banning these drugs would take away the…

Every time Kobe Bryant puts the ball through the net, he earns the equivalent to the average teacher’s yearly salary. Tom Brady makes over $26 million after every sixteen games his Patriots play. Alex Rodriguez still makes millions even after he got caught using steroids. How can one person make millions of dollars while there are many people who are homeless and starving? Yes, Professional athletes are tremendous at what the do, but do they really need that amount of money? Professional…

In 1968, the International Olympic Committee tested all athletes in the olympics for performance enhancing drugs to help keep the it fair between the athletes. In the first olympics played, performance enhancing drugs were being used by the Greeks to help them win. Major league baseball, one of the major companies trying to change it, banned steroids (a PED) in 1991 as a way to keep the players equal. A multitude of people may think that it is okay for athletes to use performance enhancing drugs…

with a pitch, committing a hard foul on purpose or even just playing dirty. Most people want to play sports safely without getting severely injured. “Alex Rodriguez admitted in 2009 that he had used steroids from 2001-03 when he played for the Texas Rangers” (Thompson 1). Because of Rodriguez’s actions, all Major League Baseball players hated him and Alex got hit with many pitches at the plate and baserunners even slid in to him on purpose trying to injure him. Furthermore, if players choose to…

If God tells Alex Rodriguez (Arod) that he will hit a homerun tomorrow, and Arod has freedom of choice, and chooses to stay home, it will seem like God’s foreknowledge is false, and not knowledge at all. However, Boethius would disagree with this statement through various reasons. First of all, Boethius claimed that everything God sees is present to him. Because God is “eternal”, which is “the total and perfect possession of life without end” (Boethius, 110,4), he can grasp and see events…

The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in professional sports and in general is wrong. There are several health and reputational risks involved in taking these drugs. Everyday more and more teenagers are caught using these substances for their own purposes. Professional athletes and anyone else who uses them need to find a way to stop using anabolic-androgenic steroids. Anabolic-androgenic steroids include the male sex hormone testosterone and many of its synthetic derivatives (Harmer, 2010,…

According to Taylor Hooton Foundation, four bodybuilders in Pakistan have died in the last 17 days due to consumption of illegal steroids. The same medication that can treat a person for a certain condition could cause their death if used wrongly. Steroids are very dangerous drugs that if abused can cause serious health problems in the user. Steroids are prescribed for people suffering from asthma, loss of muscle mass and many other conditions, however, athletes and many others abuse it for…