Ray allegedly punched his fiancé at the time that resulted her to be unconscious. Ray was only suspended for a few months after the incident happened, but a Celebrity news website, “TMZ”, released a more in-depth video of the incident. The incident then became an even more prominent and controversial case. This led to an NFL policy change, regarding how it handles domestic violence cases among their players. Rice's contract was terminated by the Ravens on September 8, 2014 following the release of an additional video of the incident.
Steroids I’m going to tell you about the dangers of steriods Steroids are starting to take control of a lot of young male and female athlete’s in high school to college to even the Pros. The Major League Baseball players are the most common steroid users because just in the past year 115 players tested positive for steroids or human growth hormones. Steroids can come in a pill or liquid which is injected, also some street names are Juice, Roids, Gym Candy, Pumpers, Stackers, Balls or Bulls, Weight Trainers. There are some risks from taking steroids first the short term effects Use of steroids can increase muscle mass, strength, and endurance, but can also cause liver tumors, water retention, and high blood pressure. Some users show bad
In the modern United States military,the use of drugs became recognized as a problem in the late 1960's and early 70's. About 20% of Vietnam veterans reported having narcotics on a weekly basis and 20% were considered to be addicted based on symptoms of dependence. American soldiers continued to use drugs and the type of drugs changed over the years. During that time period, American soldiers was discharged from the military because of their habitual drug use. Drugs in the military is a risk to the United States national security because it reduce the readiness of our soldier's.
Approximately one-tenth of sports related injuries require hospitalization. 5. 20% of high school players and 40% of college players will get a head injury at some point in their career. 6. Those that have had a head injury are at 2 to 4 times greater risk of having another.
Since this scandal, there have been many changes to the drug testing policies in the MLB. In 2003, the MLB started random drug testing. Beginning in 2005, a positive test resulted in a ten game suspension for first offenses, a thirty game suspension for second offenses, and a sixty game suspension for the third offense. In 2006, that policy changed to a fifty game suspension after the first offense, a one-hundred game suspension after second offenses, and then banned for life after third offenses (Porterfield, 10). While evidence shows that professional sports leagues are trying to put an end to drug use by players, the drug testing is not nearly strict enough
Anabolic-Androgenic steroids have been found being used in the Olympics, FIFA, National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and some types of wrestling. These discoveries have led to many different types of regulations and testing in all of the sports we love to watch and enjoy. Because of the new testing, many professional athletes get caught for illegal use of steroids every year. Steroids today are most often a reference to anabolic steroids, also known as “roids”. A steroid is a type of organic compound that contains a specific arrangement of four cycloalkane rings that are joined to each other.
Adam Colello Intro: There are a lot of teens that participate in many different kinds of sports. In 1971 there were 3,700,000 boys playing high school sports, and there were only 294,000 girls. In 2002 there were 3,960,517 boys and 2,806,998 girls playing sports. So in the last 30 years 10 times more girls play sports. Many teens use steroids in sports to improve so they can go to college with a scholarship and then play professionally.
Only five percent said they have discouraged their child from playing in the last two years as concern over head injuries has increased at all levels of the game. But even then participation statistics show only a slight decline in the overall number of high school students playing football. According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, nearly 1.1 million students played football during the 2012-13 school year. The number was down approximately 10,000 from the year before and more than 20,000 since 2009-08. So we asks ourselves “Is football worth it?” Without being biased, football is worth it when the child has started at the right age, because it teaches them teamwork, discipline, perseverance, communication, and the importance of family support.
In most violent crimes, guns are used. In the recent years, in spite of many measures taken by the law enforcement agencies, campus violence rate has gone up. The FBI, Secret Service and U.S Department of Education released the study, called “Campus Attacks,”1 on the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech Massacre. It is the first comprehensive look into “targeted violence” on college campuses. The study examined all reported incidents of “targeted violence” since 1900 and found that 60 percent of the 272 cases of college violence have occurred in the last 20 years.
A study was done by the DEA in 2004 in which 19.1 million Americans aged 12 or older used illicit drugs in the 30 days prior to the study. A whopping 14.6 million of those people had used Marijuana, making it the most commonly used in