Anabolic Steroids In Sports
An anabolic steroid is something that athletes use to get an unfair advantage in the sport they play. It can cause the player to gain more muscle mass in a shorter period of time than without taking them. Today people question how many athletes are actually using these kinds of steroids to improve their game or physical status. To this day, almost anyone who enjoys watching sports knows that steroids are a part of many sports known to man. Some people are fine with it and just enjoy watching the sports that are to the max. They seem to accept this shocking circumstance because the players are more athletic on steroids than they would be if they weren’t. On the other hand, many people disagree and think that not only is it bad for the sport,
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First off, what’s the one thing people love watching in sports, specifically baseball? It’s obviously the hard hits and homerun balls being hit out of the ballpark. Lately in the NFL (National Football League) players have been caught using anabolic steroids. One well known player that was caught recently is Brian Cushing, the 2009 AFC rookie of the year. During that summer he was caught with a form of a steroid in his system. In return, they had to revote on whether he should still be considered the rookie of the year knowing that he had taken steroids, and of course he retained the title. This further proves the fact that people just want to see the most athletic players making the hardest hits possible and don’t care if they are on steroids or not. Another example would be the baseball player we all know, Barry Bonds. In the 2001 season, Bonds blew up and hit a major league record with 73 homeruns. He broke Mark McGuire’s record by three homeruns; Mcguire was also accused of taking steroids. In San Francisco, fans love it when a player hits the ball out of the park and they often refer to it as McCovey Cove. Barry Bonds is the all-time leader with the amount of balls hit out of that ballpark alone adding up to a staggering 35 out of 55 total smacked out of the park in San
First off, what’s the one thing people love watching in sports, specifically baseball? It’s obviously the hard hits and homerun balls being hit out of the ballpark. Lately in the NFL (National Football League) players have been caught using anabolic steroids. One well known player that was caught recently is Brian Cushing, the 2009 AFC rookie of the year. During that summer he was caught with a form of a steroid in his system. In return, they had to revote on whether he should still be considered the rookie of the year knowing that he had taken steroids, and of course he retained the title. This further proves the fact that people just want to see the most athletic players making the hardest hits possible and don’t care if they are on steroids or not. Another example would be the baseball player we all know, Barry Bonds. In the 2001 season, Bonds blew up and hit a major league record with 73 homeruns. He broke Mark McGuire’s record by three homeruns; Mcguire was also accused of taking steroids. In San Francisco, fans love it when a player hits the ball out of the park and they often refer to it as McCovey Cove. Barry Bonds is the all-time leader with the amount of balls hit out of that ballpark alone adding up to a staggering 35 out of 55 total smacked out of the park in San