One of the most exciting sports stories in recent years was the attempt to break Roger Maris’ single-season homerun record [sixty-two] in baseball. On September 8‚ 1998 ‚ Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals made history by hitting his sixty-second homerun. However‚ many people believe that McGwire’s record is tarnished by the revelation that he had been using androstendione ‚ a compound that temporarily boosts the levels of the male sex hormone testosterone. This finding drew attention to a
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Lets be honest here‚ taking drugs to improve performance isn’t a spur-of-the-moment mistake‚ its a well planned and thought out way of cheating. It’s not like they are sold over the counter at your local chemists (or are they?) People often say they don’t want to see druggies representing their country (wherever they are from) and so they should be banned for life‚ but can athletes that take performance enhancing drugs be labeled as druggies. Their physically fit in shape and generally healthy
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Legalization of Performance Enhancing Drugs Performance enhancing drugs should be legalized for public use. The benefits of legalization could possibly reduce health risks and minimize criminal activity and make for a more efficient use of steroids. Steroids first played a significant role in the Olympics to improve performances and to push off fatigue. ----------------------------------------- Although PEDs can purpose an unfair advantage‚ legalization could be much more efficient and promote
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Performance Enhancement Drugs in Sports Taresha Bryant COM 112 Effective Persuasive Writing Professor Kenneth Leon July 28‚ 2007 Performance Enhancement Drugs In Sports Athletic competition has been a part of our society since the beginning of time. We were born with the competitive gene; the desire to be better than the next man. Sports events give athletes the opportunity to prove‚ they are better than their competitor. This is good because it shows courage and determination; on
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Baseball is cleaning up its image with a new drug testing policy implemented for the 2005 season. The new agreement between the players‚ the owners‚ and Major League Baseball to test for performance enhancing drugs is a vast improvement over the previous deal. There is still plenty of room for those who want to cheat. Let’s face it; using performance enhancing drugs is cheating. The testing procedures approved with the new agreement are significantly different from those of the previous one. The
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Enhancing Performance From The Top Down Organizational leadership from companies far and wide has spent millions‚ if not hundreds of millions of dollars trying to develop the perfect method for the enhancement of performance within his/her organization. Human resource (HR) managers have been directed to come up with incentive packages that might include trips‚ concert and sporting event tickets‚ spot bonuses‚ and at-a-boys that company leaders feel should and will encourage employees to increase
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Adolescents and the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Athletics Much of the evidence on the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports comes from professional athletics. However‚ evidence also indicates that adolescents use performance-enhancing drugs‚ but that their use is not limited to those participating in athletics. The use of performance enhancing drugs also called “doping” can be tempting for teen athletes. Many young people often feel pressured by their peers or by their own ambitions
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Composition II 2:00 22 November 2011 P.E.D.’s in M.L.B. Big muscles and performance enhancing drugs have changed the game of baseball forever. Performance enhancing substances‚ stimulants‚ and drugs of abuse are banned by Major League Baseball. According to the Los Angeles Times‚ there are a total of 58 substances‚ 30 stimulants‚ and 7 drugs of abuse that Major League Baseball has banned players from using. Performance enhancing drug usage was speculated as a problem‚ but wasn’t showcased on a national
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Although the use of performance enhancing drugs is prohibited‚ a lifetime ban is unreasonable when one considers the pressures and demands facing professional athletes today. Recent incidents in the news such as the National Rugby League and Lance Armstrong doping scandals have made this a hot topic and increased public awareness. Performance enhancement in sport has been around for a very long time‚ as far back as ancient Greek Olympians and Roman Gladiators. This essay will explore the following
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Should athletes be given the choice to use performance-enhancing drugs? Yes Freedom of choice. If athletes wish to take drugs in search of improved performances‚ let them do so. They harm nobody but themselves and should be treated as adults‚ capable of making rational decisions upon the basis of widely-available information. Even if there are adverse health effects in the long-term‚ this is also true of both tobacco and boxing‚ which remain legal. Yes Already athletes use all sorts of
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