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Drugs used in sport is any substance taken by athletes to improve their performance so they can gain an unfair advantage. Taking drugs to enhance your performance can not only effect you but others as well for example in the Rio Olympics 2016 a number of New Zealand athletes are understood to be on standby due to potential positive drug tests from international athletes.

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Drugs in Sports (relevance to NZ) stephane

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Drugs in Sports (relevance to NZ) stephane

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In the period from 2002 to 2010 less than 1% of the athletes tested by DFSNZ showed indications of using prohibited drugs. American and Australian tests over the same period found a similar rate.

The athletes whose cases came before the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand from 2004 to 2012 were from a range of sports including rugby league, cycling, bodybuilding, athletics, powerlifting, boxing, basketball and wrestling. About 60% of the cases that came before the tribunal were for the use of recreational drugs, with the remainder mostly for using performance-enhancing substances.

However, there are growing concerns schoolboy rugby is a fertile environment for drug taking to become rife.
Drug Free Sport New Zealand have seen how drugs have pervaded the schoolboy game in England and South Africa and have assessed that New Zealand is potentially equally at risk as players look to get bigger to ensure they get noticed.
Schoolboy rugby has become a high-pressure environment, with players now being recruited directly into Super Rugby franchises - like Auckland Grammar's Rieko Ioanewho was signed by the Blues as a full squad member for the 2016 season.
Many youngsters believe that if they haven't been noticed by the end of high school they will never make it as a professional and some are taking matters into their own hands, sourcing supplements off the internet.

Expectation, ambition, ignorance and, to a lesser extent, greed are combining in top schools' rugby programmes around New Zealand to create environments that are worryingly fertile for drug taking to become rife.

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The primary use of drugs in sport is to enhance an athletes performance allowing them to achieve higher results. Most cases are of a single or few athletes of them and their coaches choice. However, new news has come out which has substantial evidence to prove that Russia had a system of state sponsored doping. What we have learnt is that bribes were used, a cocktail called the Duchess was used to mask the use of drugs, and that even the Russian Security Service or FSB were involved. This has an impact on New Zealander's because it meant that athletes of ours competing in the 2012 Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics as well as many other major sporting events have been competing along side cheats and should rightfully have finished higher above them. This means that possible medals were missed and it also has a negative affect heading into the 2016 Rio Olympics because any New Zealand athletes who are competing with Russians could potentially be competing with cheats. This has a negative impact on our society as now it is most likely the first thing we will think of in the games and it leaves us wondering whether there are other countries who are doing very similar practices that have yet to be outed.
BW
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/18/russia-doping-scandal-five-things-wada-report

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The battle to control drug use never, ever seems to end Dr Klaas Faber said : “Current anti-doping is a total failure. Success rate is extremely poor.”. For example, Dwain Chambers (UK’s fastest sprinter in the 100 meters who was banned from competing in the Olympic Games after testing positive for the anabolic steroid tetrahydrogestrinone) claims that at least half of the U.S. racing team at the 2008 Summer Games used illegal substances. Why don’t we accept doping will always happen and legalize it? As training, coaching, nutrition and equipment has been perfected, the best times of the best athletes have been increasing at a slower and slower rate. Eventually, athletes will reach a wall, and then we face the question of how to keep sport interesting. Doping will never be eradicated. Rather than drive doping underground, the use of drugs should be permitted under medical supervision.

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doping is bad because it has an extremely bad effect on the body for both male and female, such as gynecomastia (bitch tits) for male, and virilization such as deepening of the voice for female. Orally taken doping material which come in the form of androgenic anabolic steroids pills have an extremely negative effect on the liver because the liver is resposible for stopping bad stuff getting into our blood stream and the steroids are specifically designed to be strong enough compounds to go through the liver, which hurts it on the way. The other way of taking steroids, which is by injecting it, is supposedly more safe but it still has toxicity aswell as a risk of infection because of the constant needle use.

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In this society, it is more common for females to not participate in as much physical activity as males. This is due to the learning environments of children. Females are taught to be more cautious and it is widely accepted by society that females will be this way, where as males are taught to go and play, without too much caution in terms of getting injured and are more likely to be seen with a skinned knee or some other form of injury. This article has said that the teachings in primary school are an influence on how much support females get in sport participation and how they act in sports. A large majority of primary school teachers are female and they tend to teach forms of play that involve risk analysis and calm approaches as that is what they had been taught in their youth. Where as the male primary school teachers encourage physical play outside as that is what they grew up with.
This goes to show how the difference in upbringing can influence the acceptance and views of females in sport and whether or not (or how much) a female will participate in sport as society accepts the fact the males thrive in physical activity (which is true to an extent), however society takes away opportunities for females to thrive in sport as males often take the attention and support.
http://www.dailylife.com.au/health-and-fitness/dl-sport/girls-and-sport-20130325-2gr2g

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Throughout any type of sport there is usually some form of pressure. This could be small pressure from coaches within schools or PE teachers for younger kids to push themselves and actually participate in a sport. This usually has a positive impact, as younger kids are forced out of their comfort zones to become more confident, find a sport they enjoy or meet new friends. However pressure within sport can also result in negative issues, such as being pressured into taking drugs that enhance your performance, pushing yourself past the point of exhaustion, where your studies or physical and mental health may suffer.

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doping is bad because it has an extremely bad effect on the body for both male and female, such as gynecomastia (bitch tits) for male, and virilization such as deepening of the voice for female. Orally taken doping material which come in the form of androgenic anabolic steroids pills have an extremely negative effect on the liver because the liver is resposible for stopping bad stuff getting into our blood stream and the steroids are specifically designed to be strong enough compounds to go through the liver, which hurts it on the way. The other way of taking steroids, which is by injecting it, is supposedly more safe but it still has toxicity aswell as a risk of infection because of the constant needle use.

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Media covers more about the mens sports than females sports

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With the current doping scandal occurring with the Russian athletes in relation to their participation in the olympics, making doping legal in sport would completely undermine not only the spirit of olympics, but the spirit of sport. The olympic oath states : "In the name of all the competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams." This shows that ever since the Olympic's had first been held, the values involved were about truth, honesty, training hard and being exceptionally good due to hard work and training.  Plus, suddenly legalising doping in sport would completely offend all those athletes who have been banned and stripped of titles in the past including people like lance armstrong and maria sharapova.

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Experts say that ''Even one session of an activity that raises children’s heart rate is good for both their brain and their education, according to a panel of 24 specialists in exercise from eight countries, including Britain''. Being taken away from academic work to take part in physical activity helps refresh the mind and does not affect there learning.“Time taken away from academic lessons in favour of physical activity has been shown to not come at the expense of scholastic performance in children and youth,”.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/27/exercise-helps-children-learn-say-experts

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The IAAF and world athletics is in a state of madness following the discovery of the systematic doping programs that have been in place in Russia for many years. Also, over 23 athletes worldwide that have medals from the previous Olympics (Beijing, London) have failed drug tests which exposes the obvious fact that they were not clean at the time of receiving these medals. In attempt to get rid of doping, the IOC has banned Russia from competing in the track and field section of the Olympics, a decision I believe is the right one. However other disciplines such as rowing have also seen doping in Russia, and they are still allowed to go. Until IOC tidies up doping in Olympic athletes completely, the sport will never be even which is not fair on other athletes who are competing to put food on the table - some with families etc.

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Doping in sport is so much more prevalent than what we see on TV, c grade chemists are creating and administrating performance enhancing drugs in secret, which could potentially be more risky than legalizing doping. By allowing top quality chemists and substances to be created for use on all those who choose to, sport may become a more even playing field. Drugs such as asthma medicine and pain help, protein powders and surgeries already help to boost an athletes performance, as well as having access to specific coaches, training programmes and facilities, so I believe this article is somewhat correct in saying there is less harm than portrayed in the world of legal doping.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/drugsinsport/11650798/Lets-just-be-honest-and-allow-drugs-in-sport.html

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Women are being portrayed as sexual icons instead of the athletes they are. "Most females are used as sex symbols to appear on magazine covers and sell their looks instead of their talents". The only way women receive high media coverage for their athleticism is when they are half naked. Their gender shouldn't determine what they're comfortable in wearing. For example women had to fight for the right to box in shorts (like males) due to them being expected to wear skirts.

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sexism is defined as : "prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex",  majority of the time sexism through sport is single handedly shown through the media. typically in post sport interviews you would never hear a male athlete being asked about his outfit or personal life, whereas for a female athlete of equal caliber will be comonly asked these questions, and to her this would be what to expect and considered normal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_LDG8vM3_E&feature=youtu.be  these women are being portrayed through the media as sexual icons rather than the athletes they are.  google any famous (tipically american) sports woman and looking at only the first three photos tell me what sport she represents, repeating this with any male sports star the findings will astonish you. steming from the famous sports stars in the media, sexism has now spread to affecting high school students leading to single sex physical education classes.

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Gregor Paul: Super Rugby issues to impact NZ player welfare - Sport - NZ Herald News

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Gregor Paul: Super Rugby issues to impact NZ player welfare - Sport - NZ Herald News

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Competitive sport can have a negative impact on the physical and mental health of and individual. Success in the competitive leagues is often a result of relentless training and preparation. This places stress on your body and mind. A study has found 50% of all reported sports injuries are a result of over use (Negatives of competitive sport). Winning is the main objective in competitive sport, social aspects are put aside. The pressure placed on athletes to be the best is immense. In the eyes of many if they are not the best it’s not good enough. This feedback if not heard from coaches, parents and pairs comes from within. Its degrading and can be detrimental to the confidence and character of individuals. (Pressure on the pros). If they are the best similar pressures are placed on athletes to remain the best. At the last Olympic games in London, when Valerie Adams thought she had been beaten she did not display sportsmanship to her fellow competitors and cried (Valerie Adams).

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Sexism in sport can be positive in the aspect of body positivity, in New Zealand there are 2 athletes that go against normalities and stereotypes in sport and fitness. Valerie Adams is an Olympic shot putter, her body positivity can be supported by other female athletes such as Serena  Williams and this is empowering to other woman in the world who do not compare to "normal" skinny body types.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/133418-7-times-serena-williams-was-a-body-positive-champion-as-well-as-a-tennis-champ

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the Russian doping ban is very unfair because all Russians are banned from track and field and many others banned from other sports due to the Russians reputation of drugs in sport therefore their may be many Russian athletes that don't dope and have been banned for something others did in the past. this is a big disadvantage because many athletes earn money from the Olympics and due to them being banned, they will not be able earn the money and represent their country in what they love doing. Also, the Russian athletes that don't dope train very hard so that they can compete in big events and the olympics being the biggest sporting event ever, mostly every athlete wants to compete in it and therefore spend lots of their time training and then being told that they cant compete would be terrible

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There has been recent promotion of the long term effect of concussion on athletes. Playing sport has an impact on the amount and rate of concussion especially when playing contact sport...are youth aware of the long term impact of concussion. The link with dementia.

As mentioned in http://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=11678716

World Rugby was equally forthright, citing player welfare as its top priority and confirming "the need to research a possible link between multiple head impacts in sport and dementia".

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Violence is bad because people get hurt and then cant play the sport anymore and this can make people sad and turn to drugs which are also bad

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Threat of Russia being banned from the Olympics, as a result of their stated funded doping of athletes. This state funded action is shows that drugs in sports are negative, as it creates an unfair playing field for other athletes who had not consumed any drugs. The event of banning all of the Russians from track and swimming, can also amount to unfairness as athletes who had not used any form of drugs may have been banned from competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11490784

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Racism in sports is bad because if a certain race is for some reason not allowed to play then the team particularly a national team won't have their best players there fore having a smaller chance of winning. An example of racism in sports many years ago some countries didn't allow black players to participate in the same team as the white players, even in a national team. Another example of racism being bad in sport is some countries implementing a quota amount of black people and white people in one team. This means to be able to play they have to take of some of their better players just because they are white or black and upset the ratio of black to white players.

"They say quotas go against the central principal of professional sport – that an athlete be chosen on merit alone. But in a country like South Africa, sport has never been about merit."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/29/south-africa-racial-quotas-sport-rugby-springboks-cricket

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As there are still a large majority athletes that get away with doping, it can be argued that the use of drugs should be made legal through out sport. This would provide fairness for all athletes.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/drugsinsport/11650798/Lets-just-be-honest-and-allow-drugs-in-sport.html

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Racism in sport is bad because people are judged on the colour of their skin or based on what sports that they are meant to be good. Most sports that are played worldwide all have there own stereotypes. An example that I have heard often is "All black coloured people are good at running and jumping"This is said at Rugby games, Olympic Games etc. Another example is from an article from America;  Asians and Asian-Americans athletes are supposed to be good at golf, baseball, tennis and figure skating, but not at basketball or football. Often they are overlooked by college recruiters and professional scouts simply because of their names. Jeremy Lin said in a interview on 60 Minutes  “Well the obvious thing in my mind is that I was Asian-American which, you know, is a whole different issue. I think that was a barrier. I mean, it’s just a stereotype.”

Number 6: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/bondy-10-places-racism-major-issue-sport-article-1.1778178

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SPORT IS GOOD BECAUSE IT KEEPS UP PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND FIT AND HEALTHY AND COOL  AND FAST.
DRUGS ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY ALLOW YOU TO PERFORM BETTER HOWEVER THE USE OF THEM IS CHEATING AND CAN CAUSE YOU TO BE SUSPENDED OR BANNED FROM THE SPORT JUST LIKE THE RUSSIANS IN THE OLYMPICS, DRUGS ARE ALSO BAD BECAUSE AFTER EXTENDED USE IF YOU STOP YOU WILL BECOME SLOWER AND WEAKER AND THE GAINED MUSCLE WILL BE TURNED INTO FAT. THEY CAN ALSO CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS GALL STONES, LIVER DISEASE HEART PROBLEMS, PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS AND LIVER CANCER http://www.answers.com/Q/Do_drugs_make_you_better_at_sports?#slide=6
http://www.usada.org/substances/effects-of-performance-enhancing-drugs/

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The outlook on using drugs in sport is using drugs illegally, such as performance enhancing drugs. But without drugs in sport some athletes wouldn't be able to keep up with others due to health issues. For example, an athlete can be really good at sports but have to use asthma inhalers, pain killers or other drugs to keep them in the game at the level of those athletes without medical issues.

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Sexism in sport is negative because it gives viewers of the sport (e.g) tennis that woman are not equal. This is due to the outfits as well as the pay and some of the comments that are made about them are highly sexist such as their body shapes being idolized and criticised if they do or do not fit the mold of the perfect athletic woman body.  People like Serena Williams and Amelie Mauresmo are " criticised for being too masculine, too strong. If you’re a leggy blonde, you’ll be asked to do a little twirl for the camera. If you’re not, you’ll be largely ignored, unless you beat a pretty player to win Wimbeldon — then you’ll be summarily abused on Twitter and called “too ugly to rape”.
http://junkee.com/well-never-get-rid-of-sexism-in-tennis-until-women-are-given-five-setss/75479

Female tennis players are often accused of "riding on the coat tails of men" and some men are even saying that  “If I were a lady player I’d go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born because they have carried this sport.” some woman say that tennis will never be equal unless woman and men can both play 5 sets without being criticised"
http://junkee.com/well-never-get-rid-of-sexism-in-tennis-until-women-are-given-five-setss/75479

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Simple Definition of sport
: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport

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In pairs list all the reasons you think sport is good for us.

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Go to this page and find an argument on a topic of racism, sexism, homophobia, drugs, violence, damaging to your health or character
http://www.scoop.it/t/is-sport-good-for-us

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Step 3: Choose your topic- post it under your topic name (+ or -)

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You must have an argument for both sides. Eg if you choose racism you must have a supporting piece of evidence for and against why its not good for us!!!
Grab the link of the article and put in your post.