Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sport.
Performance enhancing drugs have become such a big issue in modern sport. It has been the headline of the world’s athletic events for the past decade, and is still a current problem being disputed. In this paper I will argue that the use of Steroids, or any performance enhancing drug is both illegal and cheating, and that by no means should be allowed in sports at any competitive level. Before I make my argument I will give an explanation of the opposing idea, pro-steroid use, and allow you to evaluate each side.
One argument that is made is the increase that could be made in the entertainment field of sports, most directly associated with professional sports. With the use of performance enhancing drugs, it is proven that size, strength, and speed increase in all the right ways. With the physical attributes becoming bigger and more impressive, the numbers and statistics show to do the same. When Mark McGuire was on his home run hitting spree, the Cardinals were selling out almost every game. People want to see the people that are breaking the records and putting up the big numbers, and they are willing to pay for it.
When other players see that the steroids are working for their fellow athletes, they are tempted to use them as well. There really isn’t a reason not to be interested in taking drugs when you are a fellow pro athlete, and you are falling further back in the statistic standings while everyone who is juicing is rising up the charts. Why shouldn’t they try to make things even?
There is no question that bigger numbers put more fans in the stands. But now fans and teams take the prospective and ethical side against steroid users. Take Barry Bonds for example. Three years ago, when he set the single season hom ...