The Effects of Steroids on the Body and Sports
Sally Hawkins
English 102
The Effects of Steroids on the Body and Sports
When you watch professional wresting do you ever wonder how did that guy get so big? I do and the first conclusion I usually come to is that he must be on steroids, there is no way that is natural. As professional sports are implementing drug testing policies and announcing when athletes are caught using steroids we will get the answer to this question. Young athletes are given the impression that steroids will help them get bigger and stronger with little to no side effects. This is far from the truth, roid rages are commonly discussed as a side effect of steroid use but there are many health risks also …show more content…
There are rumors surrounding some of the most successful baseball players that they either have in the past or are currently using steroids. Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez are two of the most famous players that have been accused of steroid use recently and have also brought a lot of fans back to baseball with the level that they are competing at. Alex Rodriguez is one of the highest paid players in baseball history and has his popularity increases so does the suspicion that he is either currently or has in the past used steroids …show more content…
First, because steroids give the athletes that use them an unfair advantage over the ones that choose not to, but most importantly, because they negatively affect the athletes’ health. Anabolic steroids are so popular with athletes from high School level all the way up to the top. To prevent steroids from destroying professional sports I believe that better screening and harsher punishments will be required. I believe that when an athlete tests positive for anabolic steroids they should be banned from professional sports. There should be no second chances for them because by the time they get caught they have already used the drugs and received the benefits from them. If we do not show the younger generations now that we will not tolerate cheating and drug use from the professional athletes that our children look up to they will think this type of behavior is acceptable and feel that if they do not use steroids they can never achieve the skill level of the professionals that are using the drugs. For the past fifty years, athletes around the world have used steroids to gain muscle mass, and along with regular work-outs try to achieve the results they