The Importance Of Doping In Sports

Doping in Sports More than 100 Russian athletes were banned from the Olympic Games for the decision of Doping. Doping and Steroids don't just affect sports, but it also affects health, especially the brain. It affected Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at a Orlando Nightclub, and had used steroids for a lot of his life (Wood). Doping are very dangerous drugs, that affect any persons health mentally and physically, and this is just one example of a bad thing happening. Most sports leagues don't only ban performance enhancing drugs to protect the integrity of the sport, but also to send the right message to younger athletes, so they don't make the same mistakes (Freisen and Herald). Performance-enhancing drugs should not be used no matter the

One of the reasons are that the products help athletes heal faster from injuries. Making doping products legal in sports may help athletes such as Lindsey Vonn, heal better by using the human growth hormone, or other steroids, yet these drugs are banned by the International Olympic Committee (Duncan). Allowing the human-growth hormone, and other various substances, may help athletes heal their injuries faster, which will make viewers want to watch their return to see how they play. Another reason why viewers may like having doping products in sports may be because it’s the only way their family can get money. Most athletes choose to dope because the money is more important than the integrity, this could be a reason why doping should be allowed because if they earn the money and don't get caught, they can support their family (Reilly). The last reason why viewers may want doping in sports is because they see doping to be not a serious threat to health. Doping should be allowed because if it is taken with precautions, then it is no different from athletes injuring themselves, such as hurling down mountains at 70 miles per hour (Duncan). Competing in the Olympics, could be compared to being as dangerous as using performance-enhancing drugs. Some people may think that doping products should still be in sports, but they still shouldn’t because a lot of these drugs still oppose a huge threat to users health, and it still damages the integrity of