In professional sports, the past 15 years have been tainted by our athlete's use of performance enhancing drugs. The injection of steroids and other PEDs, performance-enhancing drugs, has newly become the most controversial topic of todays sports. ... The argument lies in the allowance of professional athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs in their respective sports. ... I believe that sports fans and the media are to hold some of the blame for these drugs becoming used at an increasing rate. ... A main reason for outlawing performance-enhancing drugs in sports is that these drugs ...

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There are many ways that using performance enhancing drugs in sports that can affect your life and everyone else's around you. ... When using certain drugs in sports such as pain killers, you could do extensive damage to your muscles and costing your career. ... One of the most popular places to buy enhancement drugs is the local drugs store. ... Fans of many sports have different opinions on sportsmanlike conduct. ... Some children may believe that the only way that they are ever going to accomplish anything in sports, is by using enhancement drugs.  ...

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Performance-enhancing drugs are not needed and should be banned from all sports to ensure the health of the athletes and also to keep the games fair. ... Another effect is permanently deformed bones (Sports). ... Steroids are legal in some sports even though they jeopardize players' health and damage sports credibility (Dark). ... This drug can upset the bodies' hormonal balance when it metabolizes into testosterone and estrogen, and may cause premature puberty and stunted growth in adolescents (Sports). ... In these two age groups, 19-29 and 35-65, this drug produces umw...

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These fantasies lead to the idolizing of a person's favorite sports figures. ... Michel Irving use to be a good role model until prying into his personal life showed his love for prostitutes and drugs. ... Several other high-profile athletes have been accused of wife beating, drug use and lesser offenses. ... Sports are for mere entertainment, not as a place to get morals from. ... Professional sports are played as a method of keeping people entertained. ...

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Anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs (PED's) are the vitamin of choice for most professional athletes. ... Performance enhancing drugs were not always illegal in baseball. ... This was the first time that there was ever a punishment for using performance enhancing drugs. ... Additionally, steroid use should be legal since drug screening programs are flawed. ... When it comes to steroids in professional sports, we say "Why Not?...

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He states on his page" They let Steve Howe (banished 11 times for drugs) back in the game. They turn their eyes, quite conveniently, away from any number of wife-beaters, and drug addicts, every day. ... The size of this issue really shows how big sports are in America today. ... It also shows how we idolize sports athletes in America. ... Bottom line, sports in America is HUGE. ...

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What will sports fan be thinking when they see these huge guys slugging the ball out of the park at a rate that was unheard of 50 years ago. ... He too feels the pressure of the drugs. ... Baseball is one of the only sports that do not have banned drugs and random testing. ... Drug testing should be enforced to save the down fall of baseball. ... Drug use in professional baseball can only be bad news for the future. ...

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The term "sports hero" is somewhat of an oxymoron today. ... It's all about drug abuse, drunk driving, betting and recruiting scandals, and, most disturbingly, reports of rape and other sex-related crimes (Goodman 34). ... In the last two years, sports have become a tabloid's fantasy. ... This is just one of the many habits many sports figures engage in today. ... These are just two examples of everyday life in the sports world. ...

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Children should look up to sports figures despite their crimes. ... So, why must media show the world that Emmit Smith stole something or got caught doing drugs? It is the sports player prerogative what they wish to do. ... Most television viewers are children; mainly cartoon and sports. ...

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Over 90 percent of Americans watch sports, that means that 90 percent of them look up to and respect athletes. ... Nevertheless, what happens when a player is dropped from the team for rape, drug convictions, or something as simple as a traffic violation? ... According to an article written by the University of Miami, "most sports do not have very harsh punishments for violating steroid laws; the NFL does not even use blood tests to monitor steroid use" (Sinko). This means that athletes will be using the drugs without having any repercussions. ... As a society, we need to stop maki...

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Rose eventually admitted to betting on sports and was accused of betting on baseball (but not his own team). ... If ethics is preventing Pete Rose from being admitted into the Hall of Fame, then what happens to those players with criminal records, drug scandals, or illegitimate children with different women? ... Baseball does this because it wants to be tough on drugs, but compassionate to its addicted players. ... He engaged in forbidden, but legal, activity which reflects badly on the game--as the illegal drug users who have been welcomed back with open arms. If baseball is going to for...

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Why shouldn't they every other major sporting association has some sort of drug testing program? ... Though Major League Baseball finally got the much-needed drug testing policy there are still many skeptics. The testing policy that baseball implemented is said to be the laughingstock of the drug experts. ... He has players come up to him and ask for help to pass a drug test. ... Sammy Sosa had a chance to prove that his success was well deserved when Rick Reilly, a well renowned sports writer, asked him to go test on his own without waiting for the players union. ...

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Why shouldn't they every other major sporting association has some sort of drug testing program? ... Though Major League Baseball finally got the much-needed drug testing policy there are still many skeptics. The testing policy that baseball implemented is said to be the laughingstock of the drug experts. ... He has players come up to him and ask for help to pass a drug test. ... Sammy Sosa had a chance to prove that his success was well deserved when Rick Reilly, a well renowned sports writer, asked him to go test on his own without waiting for the players union. ...

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Athletes grace the sports pages and evening news with their accomplishments in the game and sometimes their charity off field. ... Ruth's love for baseball, generosity, and dramatic rise from humble beginnings endeared him to fans, and he is one of the greatest sports heroes of American culture. ...

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I'd rather see the guy hit the ball a mile or throw it 105 miles an hour.' " (Saraceno, Sports NP). ... According to a Sports Illustrated report, "major league players made 467 trips to the DL last season, staying there an average of 59 days -- 20 percent longer than in 1997. ... (Saraceno, Sports NP) Many of the amateur players, minor league players, take steroids to get by. ... Dan Patrick, columnist and sports show host said "Through 1994, a player hit 50 or more home runs in a season just 18 times. ... In 2002, MLB owners and players came to a colle...

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``Instituting mandatory, random drug testing is the only way to signal that our nation's pastime is serious about banning steroids,'' said the letter to commissioner Bud Selig (Congress Focuses on Baseball Steroids). ... During the summer of 2002 the topic of steroids was covered almost on every sports channel (Schmaltz). ... But here's the scariest part: When steroids or other drugs are added to the mix, people will begin to question their ability" (Gwynn). ...

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You could see gang members and drug dealers roaming around everywhere you turn. ... I only played on weekends and baseball isn't as physically demanding as other sports so I don't think it did much to help my weight issues. ...

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