Steroids in Sports. Steroids have always been a major issue in sports. The sport is made up of athlete which is the most important part to a sport. No player no team plain and simple! Steroids makes the player much stronger, and faster which makes the sport interesting.
Some more recent players, players that many kids used to look up to as role models, that have been busted for steroid usage include Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez, and Alex Rodrigues. Roger Clemens fast ball was talked about as a fast ball that nobody could touch; he was believed to be the best clean pitcher in the MLB, but with his recent admission to using steroids we all know why his fastball was so “untouchable” to hitters. Manny Ramirez was caught using steroids by baseballs anonymous drug test list, Ramirez was high up on the homerun list with 546 homeruns and all in all just a fun sight to see on the field. Alex Rodrigues is a baseball player that was thought to be bringing the homerun record back into the hands of a player who hasn’t used steroids instead of Barry Bonds being the all-time homerun leader. Once again baseball’s reputation for steroids was tarnished
Like I said its all for our entertainment and if the 300 million of Americas didn’t love professional sports so much the industry wouldn’t be thriving like it is we are the ones that pay it watch it and to have a part in it. Professional sports is a great industry and maybe some day I will be able to make it there and be apart of the action. If you’re the sports kind of person then you’d have to agree that professional athletes if not most aren’t over paid. To be completely honest I do sometimes think that there are some athletes that are over paid. The counter to that is the amount that celebrities and movie stars get paid millions.
Steroids in Baseball and the Ethical Implications “Cheat or lose.” “Everybody does it.” “It was the only way to get ahead.” These are just a few reasons that people give for cheating. Cheating in our society has become so prevalent that one can hardly go a day without seeing a scandal on the front page of the newspaper. Corporations are being caught cooking their books, students are cheating on exams, ordinary people lie on their tax returns, and athletes are taking illegal drugs to gain a boost in their performance. This leads one to ask, “why”? Are there new pressures today that cause people to cheat more than in previous generations?
They cause acne and erectile dysfunction. I know that there are different kinds of steroids. Barry Bonds, the man who beat the homerun record, was accused of taking steroids, but he stated that he had never taken steroids in his life. Part 2: Why I chose this topic I am a very talented sports player and I know that at one point in my life I am going to be offered steroids. I became interested in this topic because in my favorite sport, baseball, thirty Major League Baseball players were tested positive for using steroids.
As a professional athlete you are looked at as invincible a super hero, always having to save the day, but they’re not and cant. For athletes to come as close to a super hero they take performance enhancement drugs (steroids). Today 32% of professional athletes use some type of performance enhancement drug (Russell). This is a very sensitive subject in all professional sports. By professional athletes using steroids they are cheating the game, breaking
Players who have salaries that are considered “average” make only about 12% of what players make who have salaries that are considered “high” (Major League Baseball Salaries). If that is not enough of an incentive to do well, to be a little kid’s hero, or even a grown man’s hero must be a great feeling. The only problem is; who would want someone who use’s performance-enhancing drugs to be his or her little boy’s idol? In 1992, an investigation by U.S. News and World Report showed that 40% of teen steroids users used the drugs because they believed that famous athletes were using them (Richards). Fans have been said to feel “robbed”, “duped”, and “cheated” by the players that have admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs (Rhoden).
3/5/09 Persuasive Dear Superintendent Let’s face it, All professional sports today have been tangled up with steroids at least once. But baseball is being affected the most. It seems that all the players are using steroids to get ahead. Steroids have even reached minor league players and even college students. So who’s to say high school students aren’t using it?
Clyde Anderson Anderson 1 Professor Valdes ENG 103 May 8th, 2014 Steroids in Major League Baseball In the world of professional sports, many athletes use performance enhancing drugs (PED) to become better players. Athletes use performance enhancing drugs to either get better, heal from injuries, become huge people or just because it’s the “IN” thing that everyone else is using. Steroids have been in sports for the better part of four decades but each league or sports have their implications on PED’s. For instance, The MLB has a random drug testing policy and is able to give suspensions to anyone who is caught having a positive testing of any illegal drugs. Many players have taken PED’s but one name that sticks out to this subject
Manny Ramirez, who will go down as one of baseball’s most feared hitters, was suspended for 50 games at the beginning of the 2009 season for using steroids. Home-run records and batting averages are steadily rising as steroids use is becoming more and more prevalent in Major League Baseball. Much of the professional baseball audience includes young high school and college athletes. What do you think they assume about steroids? High school and college athletes are now starting to use steroids, after seeing how much success professional athletes have, without realizing the risks.