Steroids In Sports Essay

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The Use of Steroids in Sports

Before the 1990's, athletes were unique. They were able to capitalize on their

God-given talents, and make themselves famous based on their skill. But then something

happened. Steroids began to play a bigger and bigger role in sports. No longer were the

most naturally gifted athletes becoming the stars. Now, it can be said that whoever has

the best pharmacist can be the best athlete. As the amount of performance enhancing

steroids increases in professional sports, many athletes are gaining an unfair advantage

over their competition.

Athletes take steroids to gain an advantage. Steroids are used by athletes in

baseball, football, and in Olympic events in hopes of finding the edge to make them the …show more content…

We always want to get rich the

fastest way, we want to get famous the fastest way, we want to get strong and be

competitive the fastest way," Arnold Schwarzenegger said, on why athletes take steroids.

Some athletes simply do not feel like they can compete with the best in the world

without a little help. This could be the number one reason why athlete begin taking

steroids. Some of their peers are bigger, faster, or more skilled, and they want to feel

equal, and get a little outside help. "...Some people are naturally gifted, others have to

work very. Some people are not going to make it without extra help," remarked Erik de

Bruin, coach/husband of Michelle Smith, who won three gold medals in the 1996

Olympics, shaving almost twenty seconds off her best time from 1993. To try to gain

athletic equality, or superiority in their sports, they go to steroids for a little extra kick.

Muscle building drugs have transfonned sports into something of a freak show.

The general build of a given athlete is much bigger with their arms, shoulders, and legs

enlarged, sometimes to a point that they do not look real. "...Guys out there look like

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