Athletes and drugs
by: Dylan Deardurff
Are Illegal Drug Inhancements the Right Path for Athletes?
No it's not! Athletes should not take illegal drugs to make them perform better because it takes away so much value from the sport that they play. It's not fair to the athlete's who solely work hard on getting better when there are guys or girls out there in their sport cheating their way to the top.
If illegal enhancements are someday allowed now then what will records mean?
If somehow professional sports or even the Olympics start allowing illegal drug enhancements records will mean nothing. Baseball is a great example of a sport that has it records ruined by steroid users. Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez are perfect examples as some type of record holder using steroids making it seemingly unfair to any other baseball players who haven't cheated to chase after those records. According to Baseball Reference Barry bonds is the career leader in homeruns followed by A-Rod at fourth on the list. This is a prime example of illegal drug enhancements ruining the game by letting cheaters rule the record books!
Some exampls of illegal drug enhancement users...
Alex Rodriguez
4th on the all-time homerun list and used steroids in multiple seasons thus tainting his overall image
Lyle Alzado
NFL linebacker who died due to steroid abuse
Lance Armstrong
Very popular world known cyclist who was consistently in denial about doping but eventually confessed on Oprah
The first video below reviews the topic and the second video reviews my side of the arguement.
Doping Debate in Sports: Should Athletes Use Drugs?
Athletes and Performance Enhancing Drugs
Sources
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_career.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Alzado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong
https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/17140844132/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootbearwdc/60561590/in/photolist-6moRm