Steroid Use in Professional Sports
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Steroid Use in Professional Sports
For fans, the issue of steroid use in professional sports is one of growing concern. Professional athletes were once hailed as roll models for young Americans, now there is an asterisk next to many names once idolized. Is he legitimately getting bigger, faster, and stronger? Is he one of the league’s best, strictly due to his talent and work ethic alone? Or is he one of “those guys”? Maybe former NBA great, Charles Barkley, had it right when he said, “I am not a roll model.” But maybe, just maybe, these men and women have a responsibility to the kids who adore them to do the right thing; to compete at the highest level with absolute legitimacy in the way they go about doing it. Maybe they are roll models and because they are, they must conduct themselves in a way that is respectable and “right”. The problem of steroid use in professional sports is perpetuated because the current testing policies in such leagues as Major League Baseball are not strict or comprehensive enough to curb the benefits athletes gain from steroid use. They have sub-par policies and are conducting sub-par testing practices. Since we cannot count on the athletes themselves to rid the leagues of this problem, the leagues need to take steroids on and defeat it with stricter regulations. Testing of steroids is simply ineffective in professional sports and until something is done the negative influence it has upon America’s youth will continue to grow.
Anabolic steroids, which can be taken as a pill or as an injection, are a derivative of and mimic the effects of the male sex hormone testosterone. Both men and women naturally produce testosterone, although women make very small amounts in comparison to men.
Testosterone's role in the body is two-fold: first, it maintains the male reproductive system, including production and maintenance of the male sexual characteristics of a deeper voice, greater amounts of body hair, larger body size, and greater muscle mass. Second, for a short period of time at the onset of puberty in young men, testosterone production rises dramatically to stimulate the bulk of the male physical maturation process which leads to full bone growth, deepening voice, and growth of facial hair. It is this ability to promote muscle growth, increase lean body mass, and decrease body fat that entices teenagers to take anabolic steroids.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the problem of steroid use in professional sports is perpetuated because the current testing policies in major league baseball are not strict or comprehensive enough to curb the benefits athletes gain.
- Explains that anabolic steroids mimic the effects of the male sex hormone testosterone. both men and women naturally produce testosterone, although women make very small amounts.
- Explains that testosterone's role in the body is two-fold: it maintains the male reproductive system, and it stimulates male physical maturation, which entices teenagers to take anabolic steroids.
- Opines that the problem of steroid use in professional sports is perpetuated because the current testing policies in major league baseball are not strict or comprehensive enough to curb the benefits athletes gain.
- Explains that anabolic steroids mimic the effects of the male sex hormone testosterone. both men and women naturally produce testosterone, although women make very small amounts.
- Explains that testosterone's role in the body is two-fold: it maintains the male reproductive system, and it stimulates male physical maturation, which entices teenagers to take anabolic steroids.
- Analyzes the health risks of anabolic steroids for teenagers, including liver disease, heart disease and cancer, and asks whether the benefits are worth the risk.
- Analyzes how red sox pitcher curt schilling criticized major league baseball for the lack of discipline in regards to steroid use.
- Argues that the overwhelming majority of steroid users are of high school age, and an astounding 1.6% of all middle school kids having tried steroids before.
- Opines that the use of steroids in professional baseball burst into the spotlight when former star ken caminiti admitted to taking steroids, and he estimated that at least half of current players did so too.
- Explains balco is being investigated for allegedly distributing steroids to barry bonds, gary sheffield, and jason giambi. caminiti admitted to being a user of steroids during his national league mvp season of 1996.
- Opines that major league baseball downplays the amount of users of steroids in its league. the first anabolic steroid to be widely abused was methandrostenolone in 1956.
- Analyzes how baseball's punishments are more qualified than baseball. if a baseball player tests positive for steroids in his body, the first offense has absolutely no punishment.
- Opines that president george w. bush's state of the union address was a surprise, but it was good to see that the white house had interest in our youth growing to be better people.
- Argues that sports are supposed to be a celebration of personal sacrifice for the good of the whole. sports heroes inspire anyone from eight-year-old boys or girls on the soccer field to grown men and women.
- Opines that if baseball can follow their brothers and take arms in the fight against amoral behavior, then we can make this work.
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- Explains that the u.s. spent the most money on the war, an estimated $341 billion, including $50 billion for lend-lease supplies, followed by germany, britain, italy, and japan.
- Concludes that world war ii was the greatest war in history in terms of human and material resources expended.
1961 wordsRead More - Research Paper on Anabolic-androgenic Steroidsexplanatory essayAnabolic-androgenic steroids are a group of hormones, which includes the natural male hormone, testosterone, and a number of synthetic compounds. "Anabolic" refers to muscle building, while "androgenic" refers to increased masculine characteristics. Anabolic effects are basically muscle growth. Androgenic effects produce secondary male sex characteristics like facial hair, body hair, deepening of the voice, and so on. In the 1950's scientists were trying to isolate the muscle building properties without the masculinizing effects. This lead to the development of synthetic anabolic steroids.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that steroids have a wide range of side effects, from physical unattractive to life-threatening.
- States that the anabolic steroids control act of 1990 became a law when president bush signed the omnibus crime control bill.
- Explains that steroids are illegal and dangerous. they are abused in the united states by a wide range of people, for many reasons.
- Explains that steroids have a wide range of side effects, from physical unattractive to life-threatening.
- States that the anabolic steroids control act of 1990 became a law when president bush signed the omnibus crime control bill.
- Explains that steroids are illegal and dangerous. they are abused in the united states by a wide range of people, for many reasons.
- Explains that anabolic-androgenic steroids are a group of hormones that include the natural male hormone, testosterone, and several synthetic compounds.
- Explains that steroid abusers are affected by the media's attention about the connection between steroids and aggression.
2120 wordsRead More - Defying Ethicsanalytical essayStanley Milgram was a Yale psychologist that organized diverse studies during his career. In 1961, at the age of twenty-seven he conducted his most controversial study on obedience. In light of the recent Holocaust, Milgram wanted to comprehend how twelve million people were put to death simply by the orders from their commanders. The original accepted explanation was the popular notion of the authoritarian personality, but Milgram suspected the explanation to be too confined. He supposed the explanation to harmful obedience was not in the strength of personality but to a greater extent in the strength of the situation. Any influential circumstance could cause any normal person to disregard moral convictions and on command perform brutality. To evaluate his hypothesis, he organized a phony, but convincingly real shock machine, then ordered the volunteers to administer fake levels of electrical shock to actors who played along (Slater 32). The writer supports the controversy, but believes the study was ethical because it influenced the development of internal standards to regulate methods in research within psychology, produced inflicted insight experienced by participants, and it was vital for defeating the possible legitimacy risk associated with the studies of cognizant participants.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how stanley milgram conducted his most controversial study on obedience in light of the recent holocaust. the writer supports the controversy, but believes the study was ethical because it influenced the development of internal standards.
- Explains that deception has always been a part of psychology and researchers have determined that in the majority of cases the deceptive research operations are now under harsh examination all across the discipline.
- Explains that inflicted insight occurs when the participant becomes aware of his own flaws through his cooperation in an experiment, often accidentally or the provocation of emotional torment.
- Analyzes how stanley milgram conducted his most controversial study on obedience in light of the recent holocaust. the writer supports the controversy, but believes the study was ethical because it influenced the development of internal standards.
- Explains that deception has always been a part of psychology and researchers have determined that in the majority of cases the deceptive research operations are now under harsh examination all across the discipline.
- Explains that inflicted insight occurs when the participant becomes aware of his own flaws through his cooperation in an experiment, often accidentally or the provocation of emotional torment.
- Explains that experimentation on obedience to authority contained deception that was vital for defeating the legitimacy risk associated with studies of cognizant participants.
- Analyzes how milgrim's shock experiment influenced the growth of deceptive methods exponentially and the development of ethical standards is a mockery.
- Describes the works of kimmel, allan j., and russell, nestar john charles.
- Describes russell, nestar, and gregory's "spinning an organizational "web of obligation"?
754 wordsRead More - Anabolic Steroid Analysisexplanatory essayWhen talking about steroids, people often refer to Anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are a synthetic substance related to the male sex hormone (testosterone). Anabolic steroids have androgenic properties that include the development of masculine characteristics such as the growth of vocal cords, testicles and body hair. Anabolic steroids are used as performance enhancing drugs to advance the ability to do work and exercise but there are complications of using anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids help the development of lean muscle growth as steroids increase protein synthesis and reduce nitrogen excretion, which leads to increased muscle mass. Steroids also promote the change of the male characteristics. Anabolic steroids can be taken either orally or as an injection, which is more common, as taking steroids in pill form is more dangerous since most oral steroids are toxic to the liver. (Drug Abuse, 2006) Steroids are injected using a needle and injected directly into the muscle. Injectable steroids are administered into the muscle instead of the vein, to circumvent unexpected changes in the quantity of the drug in the bloodstream. After injected, the body then absorbs the liquid and the compound enters the systemic circulation. The absorption rate also varies on the user. (CESAR, 2014)
In this essay, the author
- Explains that anabolic steroids are a synthetic substance related to the male sex hormone (testosterone).
- Explains that steroids are taken in cycles with injections followed by a stage of rest; this is done to reduce side effects. stacking is when steroid users use multiple types of steroids at once.
- Explains the history of steroids dating back to the ancient olympic games, but anabolic steroids only got a worldwide audience in the 20th century.
- Explains that anabolic steroids are a synthetic substance related to the male sex hormone (testosterone).
- Explains that steroids are taken in cycles with injections followed by a stage of rest; this is done to reduce side effects. stacking is when steroid users use multiple types of steroids at once.
- Explains the history of steroids dating back to the ancient olympic games, but anabolic steroids only got a worldwide audience in the 20th century.
- Explains how adolf and leopold ruzicka made the first batch of anabolic steroids. the soviet union ordered injections of steroids to their athletes, which led them to dominate in the olympics.
- Describes how john ziegler, a u.s olympic team doctor, developed dianabol, which had the same muscle enhancing properties but had less side effects.
615 wordsRead More - Common Anabolic Steroidsexplanatory essayAnabolic steroids refer to hormones that are either taken orally or by injection. These hormones influence the body's hormonal system to produce extra testosterone. As previously stated, the goal of taking anabolic steroids is to increase muscle mass. The term “anabolic” refers to this muscle-building capability. Anabolic steroids should not be confused with corticosteroids, which are used routinely as anti-inflammatory medications to help treat illnesses in which inflammation is part of the disease process. There are a variety of common anabolic steroids. Some mimic the actions of testosterone directly, while others cause the body to produce excess testosterone by interfering with the normal hormone regulation system in the body. In the end
In this essay, the author
- Explains that anabolic steroids influence the body's hormonal system to produce extra testosterone. they should not be confused with corticosteroids.
- Explains that anabolic steroids do not trigger rapid increases in the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is responsible for the rewarding "high" that drives the abuse of other substances.
- Explains the legality of anabolic steroids and how they are smuggled into the us from other countries.
- Explains that anabolic steroids influence the body's hormonal system to produce extra testosterone. they should not be confused with corticosteroids.
- Explains that anabolic steroids do not trigger rapid increases in the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is responsible for the rewarding "high" that drives the abuse of other substances.
- Explains the legality of anabolic steroids and how they are smuggled into the us from other countries.
- Explains that anabolic steroids can be injected into the body or taken as a pill. they are metabolized and require recovery time to prevent detection.
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