Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Steroids: The Notorious Drug



Men and women can both be excellent at playing sports, but when it comes to who does it better and why, any biased person would jump in to the men defense. Why do people in general consider men to be better athletes? Is it because they tend to be stronger (well, not in general, but that’s what society makes people think) or is it simply because they are men? Well, it is not! Instead for many years society has made us believe that it is because most men know the sport, love the sport and feel pressured to do good in the sport. Pressure can cause athletes to do a lot of things, and when you’re recognized for your good plays, you never want to lose that recognition, so what happens…. drugs happen. Athletes fall into the use of drugs and the most popular one… STEROIDS!

A Steroid is a drug used to enhance the performance in your body while at the same time treating a variety of medical conditions. This drug has been banned from the use of any athletes and within sports like the NBA and NFL (to name a few) because it tends to help the person taking it pump up and perform better within their sport. But why do men athletes have a higher percentage of taking steroids in comparison to female athletes? Some of the biggest notorious steroid users in sports history are mostly men, with one women somewhere down the line.

Alex Rodriguez was considered one of the best baseball players in baseballs history, he was so good, he even got to sign one of the largest contracts in the history sports with the New York Yankees, until in 2009, when he admitted the use of steroids from ’01-’03 and got caught in ’03 after he being drug tested.

Another heavy hitter in the steroid history is Mark McGuire, became well known for his home run streak that took him to the top of the list of best MLB players, but when the fans and the people surrounded him and started watching his plays, they then began to question the use of steroids, which he denied, until early 2011 when he came clean to everyone and admitted to using steroids for over a decade.

As mentioned before and to everyone’s surprise, women athletes do to use the drug to enhance their performance in their sport, in October 2007, Marion Jones a well known female track and field athlete, competitor in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, three gold and two bronze medalist winner, admitted to the use of steroids and was stripped down from all her medals. Jones had for many years denied the use of the drug, until she admitted lying to federal prosecutors who were already investigating her case.


Regardless of the reasons and of who uses the drug, this should not be allowed for anyone to use. This drug and any use of other drugs should definitely be banned from sports in general, if the athlete is good, he/she should be good without the use of any substance.
















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