These athletes see the abundant success of their drug-using peers. These drug users completely separate themselves from other competition and others are expected to rise to that level. The famous Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez is a perfect example of this. When talking about why he used performance enhancing drugs, Rodriguez said, “I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform -- and perform at a high level -- every day.” Although it would have ended his career early, if Rodriguez were tested back when he was using, he would have never been able to put up the outstanding statistics he has over the course of his career and baseball would have been a fairer
These athletes see the abundant success of their drug-using peers. These drug users completely separate themselves from other competition and others are expected to rise to that level. The famous Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez is a perfect example of this. When talking about why he used performance enhancing drugs, Rodriguez said, “I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform -- and perform at a high level -- every day.” Although it would have ended his career early, if Rodriguez were tested back when he was using, he would have never been able to put up the outstanding statistics he has over the course of his career and baseball would have been a fairer