With the passing time, more and more sportsmen are using steroids to gain an advantage and stay ahead of their peers. Term it as reluctance to change or the will to remain invincible, steroids and sports have get well in such a way that they have almost become inseparable in today’s sporting world.
The previously unfeasible and impossible targets and records are now crumbling and audience is getting more interested in seeing the “best side of sportsmen” with sheer enthusiasm.
Despite so much to offer, steroids have often being termed as harmful to general health by some people who find cheap publicity a reason big enough to live and have a laugh. What they probably laugh is at the fact that technologies at their times were not ‘potent’ enough to caught their doping acts.
From Huffingpost.com:
Does anyone really care if someone damaged his or her health by working too many hours? It happens every day. So why are we worried about what millionaire athletes do?
Steroids can be used responsibly if prescribed by a doctor. Maybe that’s why the AMA was AGAINST making them a controlled substance. And here’s something to think about: If there were a drug with marginal side effects that would make you smarter, would you take it? And what if it enabled you to excel to the point where you could double your earnings? What if not using them meant failure?
The cat is out of the bag and he isn’t going back in. These drugs do amazing things and they will continue to be used. They come with a risk however. I’d rather see that risk controlled than have the users sneak around and support a black market in order to engage in what should be their inalienable right of free choice as long as the consequences don’t endanger anyone else. As far as I’m concerned, if I want to juggle a couple of flaming chainsaws in the privacy of my own home, that’s my option. It’s funny to see the people who scream the loudest about civil liberties leading the march against others should and shouldn’t do.
I’m not advocating or endorsing steroid use, but it’s here to stay. And the biggest irony of it all is that most fans don’t care. They’d rather see their favorite players playing, instead of penalized. What is the more egregious crime is the price of the tickets. And for that kind of money, I want to see a great performance, however it’s achieved. And although I’m not a fan of the Hall of Fame in that it’s not a museum as much as an elite club determined by committee, there should be an asterisk next to McQuire, Bonds, et al stating: “Post enhancement era.” Would that be so hard?
Just as these drugs will add a few years to the career of a great pitcher by replacing that lost mile or two an hour on his fastball, they can extend youth and vitality for aging baby boomers. If used properly.
From the above statements, it can be easily made out that steroids are not bad for health unless one starts abusing them for quick gains. So, what’s the point in blaming them for new records or audience getting attracted to the game? One thing that does emerge from these facts is that there is nothing that can come between steroids and sports.
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