heating muscles: the use of steroids in sports A cool summer breeze flows through the air as we are impatiently waiting for the next pitch with excitement. “Crack!” The ball rockets into the air and it looks as if it could touch the stars. Another home run for my favorite Yankee, Alex Rodriguez. As he trots around the bases, the crowd screams and roars with appreciation for the man who has just won the game and continues to lift the city. Little did myself and all Yankee fans know that this would be the last time we would see him for a whole year.This would be undoubtedly the start of the end of his career. Alex Rodriguez would be convicted of illegal steroid use by Major League Baseball and was to serve one of the longest steroids suspensions ever; a full year away from baseball. This incident only capitalizes on a growing argument on whether steroids should be allowed in professional sports.
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For this dilemma, I believe that steroids should not be allowed in professional sports because it takes away from the morality of the game, it is detrimental to athletes physically and mentally, and it gives off a tainted image to younger athletes. Although it may look like steroids are making athletes stronger they are actually weakening them from the inside out. Steroids are not only extremely unhealthy, but actually directly affect many body systems. ; Adolescence signals the beginning of the end of skeletal growth, and steroids can hasten this process, shutting down growth prematurely. Steroids cause muscles to Quintalino 2 grow without a compensating strengthening of the tendons that attach them to the bones, a disproportionate that increases the risk of crippling injuries. Steroids lower levels of so-called good cholesterol and raise the bad kind, sometimes to alarming levels, and they can be toxic to the liver (Adler). There are specific body systems that can be affected such as the skeletal and muscular resulting in diseases that will harm the biological growth of the user. Athletes would be crazy to use a drug that will end up hurting them in the long run. By allowing the use in professional sports you would indirectly be allowing athletes to slowly destroy their bodies. The liver is a very crucial part of the digestive system filtering out chemicals and with a weakened liver the body is very vulnerable to developing disease. ; Users may develop ‘horrific’ acne, Wadler says, and can suffer an early onset of male- pattern baldness. Women are at risk for a whole set of masculinizing changes including body hair, enlargement of the clitoris and a deepened voice. Paradoxically, steroids can also cause feminizing changes in men. The pituitary gland, which regulates hormone production in the body, responds to an oversupply of testosterone by signaling the testes to shut down, causing them to shrink (Adler). The effects of steroids not only affect men but also woman. Woman Sports have become increasingly popular and by allowing woman to take steroids it would be like having a man play Quintalino 3 in that sport …show more content…
By having steroids in professional sports it takes away from the morals of the game because it is a form of cheating, in which an athlete tries to get a competitive edge over their opponent. “ Baseball players who utilize artificial substances in an effort to improve their results on the field certainly intended to break the game 's rules and obtain an advantage beyond that which biology had granted them” (Goldman 27). Although television fathoms these athletes continuously, there is an intent to cheat by taking steroids. It is taking away from the true goodness and innocence of the game. All sports are founded on these values that everyone must play fairly so that we can see who the real champion is. By allowing players to take performance-enhancing drugs we are letting them achieve stardom that they do not deserve. It creates this blurry image of who is the most skilled ,and who is the best player. We don 't know who 's really playing fairly. Cheating is something that we are taught from a young age to be wrong and not moral. This should not change just because these athletes are adults and not kids anymore. If steroids are taken out of sports then a great amount of cheating is put away creating an all-around morally right
For this dilemma, I believe that steroids should not be allowed in professional sports because it takes away from the morality of the game, it is detrimental to athletes physically and mentally, and it gives off a tainted image to younger athletes. Although it may look like steroids are making athletes stronger they are actually weakening them from the inside out. Steroids are not only extremely unhealthy, but actually directly affect many body systems. ; Adolescence signals the beginning of the end of skeletal growth, and steroids can hasten this process, shutting down growth prematurely. Steroids cause muscles to Quintalino 2 grow without a compensating strengthening of the tendons that attach them to the bones, a disproportionate that increases the risk of crippling injuries. Steroids lower levels of so-called good cholesterol and raise the bad kind, sometimes to alarming levels, and they can be toxic to the liver (Adler). There are specific body systems that can be affected such as the skeletal and muscular resulting in diseases that will harm the biological growth of the user. Athletes would be crazy to use a drug that will end up hurting them in the long run. By allowing the use in professional sports you would indirectly be allowing athletes to slowly destroy their bodies. The liver is a very crucial part of the digestive system filtering out chemicals and with a weakened liver the body is very vulnerable to developing disease. ; Users may develop ‘horrific’ acne, Wadler says, and can suffer an early onset of male- pattern baldness. Women are at risk for a whole set of masculinizing changes including body hair, enlargement of the clitoris and a deepened voice. Paradoxically, steroids can also cause feminizing changes in men. The pituitary gland, which regulates hormone production in the body, responds to an oversupply of testosterone by signaling the testes to shut down, causing them to shrink (Adler). The effects of steroids not only affect men but also woman. Woman Sports have become increasingly popular and by allowing woman to take steroids it would be like having a man play Quintalino 3 in that sport …show more content…
By having steroids in professional sports it takes away from the morals of the game because it is a form of cheating, in which an athlete tries to get a competitive edge over their opponent. “ Baseball players who utilize artificial substances in an effort to improve their results on the field certainly intended to break the game 's rules and obtain an advantage beyond that which biology had granted them” (Goldman 27). Although television fathoms these athletes continuously, there is an intent to cheat by taking steroids. It is taking away from the true goodness and innocence of the game. All sports are founded on these values that everyone must play fairly so that we can see who the real champion is. By allowing players to take performance-enhancing drugs we are letting them achieve stardom that they do not deserve. It creates this blurry image of who is the most skilled ,and who is the best player. We don 't know who 's really playing fairly. Cheating is something that we are taught from a young age to be wrong and not moral. This should not change just because these athletes are adults and not kids anymore. If steroids are taken out of sports then a great amount of cheating is put away creating an all-around morally right