We learned in class (kin 332I) how steroids increase muscle size, speed and power. They can also enhance masculinity, aggressiveness, well-being, and sexual prowess. And for decades, sports fans have dismissed reports of drug use is sport. In October, the PGA Tour announced that Doug Barron has been suspended one year after having violating its anti-doping policy. This news came on the heels of a season where Barron had earned “exactly zero dollars” in four nationwide tours and one PGA tour, also while playing on a minor medical extension. My question is, though it is beneficial to be able to crush a ball a mile, to get to the hole in shorter hits, using this stuff wont make you a better golfer, so who cares. The short game is what makes or breaks a good golfer; if Tiger Woods can get laser eye surgery to better his vision, which by the way makes a bigger difference in being able to read the green, why should steroids make that big of a difference in golf. Just ban it in sports where its going to make a difference, like football, not golf.
B. Ott
kin 332I.S2
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4617694&name=sobel_jason
2 comments:
I disagree. Regardless of the sport steroids is an illegal substance that enhances your performance. The use of steroids is always going to be a controversial issue. Considering how controversial it is, it wouldn't make sense to ban it from certain sports because then the people from the sports where it was banned would try to argue that steroids don't make a difference, basically it would cause a chain reaction for everyone to argue that steroids don't effect the performance. It's an all or nothing situation. You may be right that in golf the use steroids might not necessarily better your performance, but there will always be someone to argue against that. Again, that's is why it wouldn't make sense to ban steroids only in certain sports because I think it's too complex of an issue.
The first comment, was made by Alexis Whalen Sec 02
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