Drugs in sport

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports Cheating When it comes to the topic of using performance enhancing drugs in sports, most of us will readily agree that the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes is considered cheating. Where this agreement usually ends, however is on the question of should performance enhancing drugs be legalized and should athletes be allowed to use them. Whereas some are convinced that performance enhancing drugs destroy the integrity of sports, purpose several…

at only 46 years of age. Sports are largely about exploring and stretching the limits of human athletic skill and aptitude. As athletes, we work to enhance our performance and up our abilities to our absolute maximum. However, steroids, as a means to enhance performance, cannot hold a place in sports. Steroids pose many severe dangers to one’s health and life, bare an unfair advantage to those who use them, as well as discard the genuineness and integrity of sports. Though he ultimate and…

professional sports. His suggestion to help regulate this international issue is to use Microchips to detect an athlete's possible use of any banned substance or practice. This issue of illegal use of drugs or blood doping has been a challenge for many years now, and the Olympics might have been the first real case of noted athletes. Mike is simply saying that since computer chips are used as a common practice to track behavior, why not have the athletes in these professional sports be part of…

identification? My topic pertains to the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in professional sports, so while I doubt anyone has any personal experience with these drugs, I think they have a general understanding of the topic. I am, however, confident that everyone has played a sport at some time, which may give them some additional…

Abstract This paper is about sport scandals. The paper depicts the history of sports scandals, while still being able to draw a connection between the past and present day time of sport scandals. The paper describes how sport scandals have evolved and became what they are today. Punishments play a big role in sport scandals. The paper discusses which punishments are giving and if the punishments giving are effective. The way punishments effect the athletes is also an important point made in the…

Nowadays, the commercialization of sports is becoming increasingly commonplace since every sport club would like to generate income to support their club. The commercialization of sports is that aspect of the sports enterprise that involves the sale, display, or use of sport or some aspect of sport so as to produce income. Significant changes have taken place in sport in terms of increases in revenues. (Hassan and Hamil, 2010) Figure 1: Expenses Breakdown from 2008 to 2014 In overall, the…

A: Sport as a Unifier 1. I believe sport has brought people together all around the world. It has the potential to unite a country. Sporting events such as the Olympics and the World Cup bring nations together to compete, not in war, but in games and events. An example of sport as a unifier is when South Africa hosted the Soccer World Cup in 2010, it had a huge positive effect on the national morale. In addition, all the construction that went on to prepare the country’s infrastructure and…

Sports are a fun thing to play, but can be very competitve. The benefits of participating in competitive youth sports are worth the drawbacks, becuase you may get hurt but you won’t die, its good to be pushed a little hard, and it helps with self confidence. One example that explains being in a competitive sport is not terrible is that it gets you ready for how hard life will be is that it can show kids responsibility, self confidence, self esteem, and show them to not give up, to keep…

An issue that is hotly debated is whether competitive sports are beneficial for adolescents. From the literature review, it's clear overall sports are beneficial for young people. Evidence that supports this claim is that sports open up opportunities, teaches life skills, and has health benefits for children. One reason competitive sports benefits kids are that sports can teach you life skills. For example, “Creating and setting goals is an integral part of being an athlete”(Mango 2). Athletes…

According to “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports? “ by Lauren Tarshis, two beneficial factors of extreme sports are that they build discipline and confidence, also like other sports, keep kids healthy and fit. Tarshis shows many examples in the passage of why kids should participate in extreme sports, as well as why they shouldn’t. Kids should participate in extreme sports because there are many benefits and if they have the skill and willingness to confront the risks, then they shouldn’t be held…