The fact that anabolic steroids are easily available, even without a prescription, from the Internet adds to the success and popularity of steroids in sporting events. In addition to that, the fact that some of the most eminent names in spots have confessed using steroids to gain advantage over their peers is somewhat “encouraging” for prospective players, who are not shying to make use of steroids.

Steroids have influencing and addictive benefits for players. They allow sportsmen to deliver dramatic performance on a continuing period so that the invincibility factor remains unchallenged. Some sportsmen are even using steroids to reduce the level of fatigue and muscle burnout during strenuous workouts for that extra bit of spark while delivering performances.

While doping officials are trying their level best to control doping, steroid manufacturers and sellers are always one step ahead of them so that they have a way-out before the existing usage is identified and banned. Such smartness has also been an influencing factor behind the use of steroids by sportsmen as they are aware that they cannot be caught.

In short, the best thing before government and doping officials will be to regularize steroids in sports or the web of steroids will be bigger than ever.

Despite the fact that WADA made it clear that sportsmen find abusing steroids to gain advantage will not be spared, more and more sportsmen are still finding steroids to be exceptional performance enhancing drugs without any second thoughts.

Let us find out whether steroids and sports are perceived in the right spirit or not.

From Whitehousedrugpolicy.gov:

Doping is the use of a substance that artificially enhances athletic performance. These substances often pose a significant risk to the health and well-being of athletes. The use of performance-enhancing drugs undermines the ideals of sports and devalues and debases the rewards of competition. Despite the range of health risks and ethical implications, many athletes at both the professional and amateur levels use these dangerous substances.

One of the most effective ways to combat doping is by supporting and working collaboratively with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). WADA was established to harmonize and coordinate an effective international program to detect, deter, and prevent doping. The United States plays a leadership role in WADA, serving on WADA’s governing board and on many working committees. The United States is the largest funder of the organization and was also recently elected to represent the entire 41-nation region of the Americas on WADA’s Executive Committee.

It is seen that sportsmen who have been using steroids for professional events have the basic understanding that is required to ensure that steroid abuse does not happen at any point of time. It is also expected that the awareness drive in relation to steroids and sports that has been in the pipeline since long will bring a complete awareness about steroids so that side effects does not happen to sportsmen when they (steroids) are abused.

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.

Most of us accuse a sportsman when he is caught of taking steroids but is he the sole person responsible for playing with his own body and the game? No, this is because the modern-day sporting audience (including all of us) does not want to see dead-rubber matches or average sportsman performing average sporting feats.

We want them to play like machines and win all matches. In addition to that, we should not forget that the life span of a modern-day sportsman is lower than ever because of the ever-growing competition and burden of audience’s expectations.

These things put a huge amount of stress and burden on the shoulders of maturing sportsmen and they are often seen hiding behind the shelter of steroids. It is important to note here that no one has the will to play with his own body unless something “more important” to him is attached and that thing is greater than his will for not playing with the body. The “thing” is sports for a sportsman and it is important for every sportsman to create a niche for himself by giving extreme importance to win in sports in today’s highly competitive sporting industry.

In addition to that, it is almost impossible to create a distinction between a steroid-user (sportsman on steroids) and a non-steroid user (sportsman). There may be many medical tests for the same but they are often found inconclusive and do not reflect the true picture at many a times. In short, there is nothing wrong with steroids in sports unless the audience changes its approach to sports rather than advising the sporting fraternity to dig the grave and bury an innocent sportsman.