Use Of Peds And Steroids In Professional Sports

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The Mysterious Cheater Ever since sports were founded someone has tried to cheat. Even people in professional leagues try to cheat. All of these cheaters have one thing in common; the use of PEDs. PEDs are something that anybody and everybody can use. They can be found being used by body builders, professional players, and many other people. They may be beneficial in some ways, but they do more harm than anything. The effects are short term and long term. PEDs give the person using them physical and physiological effects (Hinkle, Shelby). Ped’s are nothing but bad news for people that use them. Many famous athletes and public figures have been caught using these. Famous people such as Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have all been caught using this (Ranker Community). The most common place use of PEDs are found in the professional baseball league. Players for centuries have been using PEDs to gain an upper hand on their competition no matter what the consequences are. These players are willing to sacrifice it all just so they can do a little bit better. Once a player …show more content…

Peds do not just only effect you they affect your family and friends too. In the long run it is never worth it to use PEDs not even one time. The effects are just to much for it to be worth it. There are just to many awful things that come with the use of peds and to me it just outweighs the perks. Peds are never worth it not in any way. If you are trying to impress someone there is always another way. People will still try and get away with it though. I think that none of the professional sports will ever let people use PEDs because it is an unfair advantage to people that try to get better the natural way. Peds will always be known to me as a way of cheating for the rest of my life. All PEDs do is ruin somone’s body and their life at the same

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