Introduction When an athlete sustains an injury while playing the sport that they love, it can have a debilitating effect. Depending on the injury, not only can they be forced to miss a significant amount of playing time (which can affect their livelihood) while they go through rehab, they also lose a huge piece of themselves. The physical part of an injury is only half the battle athletes have to face. Thoughts, feelings and spirit all contribute to sport performance, and are important parts of every athlete (Brehm, 2008). Injuries cause extreme pain, limit movements and depending on the severity, can require a large amount of time for rehab.
But this drug is ruining the game just as fast as it is ruing people’s lives. It’s being abused in many ways because in today’s world, you need to be the biggest, the strongest, and the fastest in order to be the best. Steroids give athletes an easy way to do that. Professional’s use it, and it rains down through college athletes, who only want to become professionals, and all the way down to youth athletes, who only want to be like their idols. What all these athletes are overlooking is the serious harm that it can do to your body, inside and out.
French 1 Marcus French Mr. Swan Van Lent ELA 11/Period 2 4 April 2013 Dangers of Football In our world today, safety precautions are being taken during heavy contact sports, such as football, but are these precautions safe enough? This sport of American football has been the root of concussions in both youth and professional play. With that being said there are organizations adding rules to stop the pandemic, but it seems as if it is not enough. Also the rules and precautions that have been added have slowed the flow of the game; meaning football is less exciting. I realize this may not seem as big as of a problem, you know the old saying “Boys will be Boys” well imagine if it were your son getting injured or even getting possible permanent brain damage.
Special Report: Straight Outta Compton Benedict, Jeff and Keteyian, Armen. "Special Report: Straight Outta Compton" Sports Illustrated 5 Dec. 2011: 82-89. Print. The topic of the article mentioned above is the lure that gang members have on up-and-coming athletes and whether or not those athletes make the right decision even when it could mean death. In the reviewers opinion, the article is meant to inform people about the tough lifestyles and important decisions that young athletes, especially in the Compton area, have to make.
As the children are tortured, beat, and threatened to join the army, the militias around the world invovling children in such atrocities have violated Article 5. Also, because the children are being driven from schooling where children should be (and many want to be there), Article 26 has been violated. Through out the essay we will see the effectiveness of legal and non legal responses to the issue of child soldiers. There have been many ways the international community has responded both legally and non legally to try and regulate the use of child soldiers. Examples are Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1989) Article 32: States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or
Mr.Otting English 3 20 February 2012 Football: New Penalties Are Too Extreme If you have ever watched or played the great American sport of football, you will see there are many more penalties being tagged on to both teams, than four years ago. Pass rushers are one of the most penalized players on the field. Mainly because of the new penalties like no hands to the helmet, and the more strict rules about hitting the quarterback. Another major area for flags are helmet to helmet contact. The penalties for these kinds of hits are too severe and need to be lessened.
The article mentioned a variety of reasons for young athletes dropping out of youth sports. The most popular reasons involved the lack of enjoyment, improper instruction of fundamentals from unqualified coaches, pressure from parents and coaches, and the lack of opportunity to explore different areas of sports (Spies, 2006). At young ages children need to be able to get involved in more than one sport instead of parents pushing them to specialize in just one. The legal basis for which the article was based on is the failure to comply with statutes that apply to promoting teamwork and sportsmanship during youth sport competitions. According to Spies (2006) some states such as New Jersey adopted a statute in 2002 that forces parents to agree to a code of conduct before their child is permitted to participate in the intended sport.
Sylvia Etim Instructor Tim Nelson English 1013 (012) 2 April 2015 The Pressure of the Public Sometimes people are oppressed into doing what they know that is wrong. The essay “We, the Public, Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals” by William Moller talks about how most athletes and students use performance enhancing drugs in order to achieve their goals. In his essay, Moller defends the athletes by arguing that the major reason they use the steroids is because of the pressure being put on them from the public and the desire to live up to their expectations. Moller uses an essential strategy at the beginning of his essay by using his personal experience to make readers to understand his view of point. He also
Ethics in sports is just as important as ethics in any other situation. To use steroids or any other performance enhancing drugs is just unethical and not fair to the game. Many records have been broken, but as fans how can we be sure that these records have been broken fairly? Frank Deford suggest “Maybe we’re more programmed to accept cheating in sports In this country since we grew up bitterly tolerating such utter corruption and hypocrisy in college athletes we love” (Source E) This may in fact be the sad reality. So in conclusion if Major League sports want to protect themselves for the future they must act now and enforce stricter drug testing policies.
They are: new pressures, bigger rewards for winning, temptation, and trickle-down corruption. Each one of these pitfalls has led to cheating in all arenas of business and can especially be seen in the use of steroids by athletes. The first pitfall that leads to cheating according to Callahan is new pressures. As Callahan says, “[New pressures] in today’s competitive economy, where success and job security can’t be taken for granted, it’s increasingly tempting to leave your ethics at home” (Callahan 20). This is especially true in sports.