Steroids In Sports Research Paper

When it comes to sports, it is hard to know whether an athlete has natural talent or is cheating. Having a strong desire to win makes an athlete do anything to achieve it, even if it means cheating. There are many ways to cheat in sports, but the biggest way of cheating is by using steroids. Steroids are one of the world’s most controversial drugs. People have positive and negative points of view towards the use of steroids. Peter F. Martin, in the essay, “Destroyed,” is against steroids. He says that athletes who use steroids are sinners who ruin their sports. Also, he says that athletes are victims of steroids. In the essay, “The Designer Player,” Rodrigo Villagomez is in favor of steroids. He says that the status of athletes is to be entertainers;

He says that the status of athletes is to be entertainers; therefore, they should use steroids. “Baseball is a multibillion-dollar entertainment industry” (Villagomez 586). Baseball is no longer just America’s pastime, it has become more than that. It is a corporation, an entertainment industry. Athletes are under pressure to be their best. They are compelled to boost their performance. As the pressure rises, they rely on using steroids to win. Winning and being the best is what sports are about. If athletes did not use steroids, baseball would not be such a hit as it is. Baseball is popular because of the athletes that use steroids. There are other things that have the same effect of steroids so people should not make such a big deal over steroids. Steroids do not make athletes better, they still need to practice. “The main opponents against the use of steroids are those who say that using is an attack on baseball’s integrity” (Villagomez 587). Athletes who do not use steroids have an unfair advantage as athletes who do use steroids. Before it was made public, steroids were used in locker rooms and nobody did anything. There is no integrity anymore. Baseball has been unfair. “Another of the major arguments of those opposed to using steroids is the health risk factor” (Villagomez 588). The use steroids is beneficial, they are used in medicine. Athletes can use steroids with

Sports have changed from what it used to be since the use of steroids. The use of steroids in sports is a problem; they have no place in sports. The use of steroids to improve an athlete’s performance is degrading to sports and athletes. Athletes should have equal opportunities to win in sports, but winning by using steroids becomes more important than winning fairly. There is always going to be someone younger, stronger, and faster to take an athlete’s spot by not cheating. An athlete has a drive to be the best in sports, but using steroids is not the best way to be the best. Sports are supposed to be fun and a way of proving an athlete’s talent; however, by using steroids, they are damaging their own well-being and the image of sports. An athlete is affecting themselves just as much as the sports itself. Being great at sports should be with hard work and dedication, not by using steroids. An athlete is not playing for the love of the sport, but to simply get money, they are playing for themselves. It is not a team sport anymore; it has become an individual sport. An athlete wants to be known by people as a winner and the nature of sports causes them to cheat. People are inspired by athletes to try their hardest in sports, but they do not know that athletes are using steroids to be their best. People look up to athletes as an example to follow;