Drugs and Athletes by: Rhys Phillips by Rhys P.

Source 1

phillipr1 — 2014-05-08 19:32:05 UTC

"Major League Baseball Enacts Anti-doping Policies." Morning Edition 11 Jan. 2013. Student Resources in Context, Web. 1 May 2014.

Source 2

phillipr1 — 2014-05-08 19:34:52 UTC

"Steroids" By: Oslis, July 1, 2010

Source 3

phillipr1 — 2014-05-09 20:05:13 UTC

"Sports and Drug Abuse" By: David B. Ryan, August 16, 2013

What is it? What is the conflict with these professional players?

phillipr1 — 2014-05-27 20:06:30 UTC

Sports have been dealing with steroids for the last 20-30 years. Barry Bonds, greatest homerun hitter of all time, has been reported to steroids throughout his MLB career. Alex Rodriguez has been in conflict with steroids througout his career as well. Lance Armstrong, cheated with steroids on his tour de france bicycle race. When are these players going to learn that this is the wrong thing to do? Should sports implement a new and stricter limit? Should there be testing for every player, in every sport?

Steroids... Can it affect your body negatively???

phillipr1 — 2014-05-29 16:39:23 UTC

Steroids can be used for recovering from workouts faster, and also increases muscle mass which increases performance immencely. Steroids can also affect you in a negative matter. It can cause, liver tumors, disorders, constant dehydration, and even death. Also men can get feminine traits, and women can get men traits if they take too much. Why would any athlete risk there own life, because they want to bike or run faster or they want to hit a homerun farther?

Conclusion

phillipr1 — 2014-05-29 17:12:04 UTC

Athletes know that steroids is cheating, but yet they do it anyway. In my opinion, if you take steroids and get caught, you should be banned for life. There is no excuse for cheating in our sport. A sport is where you thrive to be the best you can possibly be. Not where you become something that you know you can't be.

The after effects of steroids.

phillipr1 — 2014-05-30 17:47:08 UTC

Alex Rodriguez

phillipr1 — 2014-05-30 18:04:34 UTC

This man could have been in the Hall of Fame if he didn't take steroids

Counter Claim

phillipr1 — 2014-05-30 18:22:18 UTC

Athletes argue that their biogenisis doctors persuade them to do steroids, to get money. It also helps them recover from injuries so that they can get back on track faster. Athletes think that they should be allowed to take steroids when they are hurt and they are unable to play. Still. Do we want them to cheat so they can recover from injuries faster?

Our Response

phillipr1 — 2014-05-30 18:28:52 UTC

Cheating is cheating. In any professional sport, steroids is cheating. Period. There is no excuse to getting caught and getting a second chance, because it was YOUR decision to take the drug in the first place. If players do this repetitively, they should no doubt, be banned for life. Cheating is worse than anything you could possibly do in any professional sport.