Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sports

Alex Rodriguez once looked back at his decisions and said “I realized that, you know what, I don’t need any of it, and what I have is enough.”. Alex, just like many other athletes all over the world used performance enhancing drugs. These athletes could have probably done just as well, maybe even better without the performance enhancing drugs. These drugs that Alex Rodriguez, Tyson Gay, Lance Armstrong, and Marion Jones were taking have many effects and consequences. There are many different types of effects that these drugs bring to your life. One of those effects comes in a social way. Many fans, supporters, friends, and family would be affected as well as their sponsors. Another way these athletes would be affected is mentally. Performance

Lance Armstrong is known for his seven Tour De France road cycling titles. Because of his actions involving steroid use, all of those titles were taken away. After Lance battled off testicular cancer, he founded a foundation named the Lance Armstrong Foundation for Cancer (“Armstrong”). This foundation is now called LiveStrong. After Lance ran in the New york marathon, he helped raised 600,000 dollars towards his foundation (“Armstrong”). In October of 2012, Lance stepped down from LiveStrong after the USADA filed a report about Lance Armstrong’s abuse towards performance enhancing drugs (“Armstrong”). With Lance Armstrong confessing to using performance enhancing drugs, it could possibly lead to more people confessing of the use of steroids which could end up in decreasing the amount of people that you performance enhancing drugs. Lance Armstrong also had a hard time with the effects of the performance enhancing drugs in a mental way. At first lance Armstrong denied that fact that have had used steroids, he later admitted to it, but after he admitted, his medals were taken away from him, and his seven Tour de France titles (“Armstrong”). All of Lance Armstrong’s fans were let down when they heard the unsatisfying news that Lance had been doping his way to victory. It is terrible to think that way and I'm strong did not think that his

Jones was on track to be one of the best women athletes of all time (“Confess”). Marion at the 2000 summer olympic games. She won three gold medals at those games in events like the 100 meter, 200 meter, 4 by 400 meter relay, and a bronze medal in the long jump (“Confess”). Many young athletes looked up to Marion Jones as a role model and as a contributor in their lives. All of the people were let down by Marion Jones because of her doping abuse. In the 2003, Marion Jones was questioned by agents about her use of performance enhancing drugs, she denied all questions involving her actions (“Confess”). Marion Jones is in the same boat as many other professional athletes. Marion had been doping, and lied to the public saying that they actually did not (“Confess”). Marion Jones, just like many athletes athletes all over the world, feel a lot of pressure to perform to the best of their ability. They face people like coaches, fans and managers, family members,and themselves to progressively improve their skill, strength, and speed. These athletes want to be the best player they can possibly be (“Confess”). At the time Marion Jones was 31 years old and after seven years on the run has changed her story, about her knowledge about last time she was part of the BALCO steroid crime (“Confess”). This scandal has already taken the careers of very famous US names from track, American football, field, and baseball.