Over the course of the past few years, just keeping up with sports, you would be lying if you said you hadn’t seen drug problems. Peak athletes earning millions of dollars to perform in a sport being busted for something falling under the term Performance Enhancing Drugs(PEDs). Tennis Star Maria Sharapova’s suspension in 2016 serves as another example of a star in their sport failing, and tarnishing their reputation. This of course, being one of many examples from the past decade, brings forth the following questions; why are star athletes risking it? What is their reasoning behind it? Why are the bans and consequences implemented into the world of sports not enough to stop these athletes from continuing on? Zach Petersel’s article from Forbes …show more content…
Additionally, keeping her match earnings, as well as being a business owner, Sharapova will still be making more than a steady income. Comparing what is lost to what is kept, more is kept. This brings up the thought that while yes, an athlete does face consequences for substance abuse, whatever reason they have for doing it in the first place could very much outweigh said consequences. For this topic, it is hard to find an argument against the stances that Petersel takes. While there are no Pro-PED points, Petersel addresses it. Addressing those who said, “well how could she have gotten away with it?”, Petersel emphasizes his disdain for sports broken systems of handling PEDs. Preferring to avoid bad images, cheating, and situations that encourage PEDs, the author takes his stance against the broken systems of sports. Addressing the thought that PEDs could be beneficial for athletes and their sport, Petersel argues that a system that allowed them would be unsustainable. By using an analogy to make a comparison, Petersel alludes to how if sports were PED abuse friendly, they could very well become less entertaining and turn into the equivalent of WWE, a fake wrestling