Steroids In Football Essay

Eli Lineberry

Mrs. Gallos

English 3

21 November 2017

Steroids in Football

This paper is going to be about the use of steroids in football. Steroids are a major problem in football. Steroids can hurt you physically and mentally. The player(s) can benefit from the use of steroids but in the long run it could hurt them.

The question you may ask yourself is what are anabolic steroids? Anabolic steroids is a muscle gainer that can be injected into the human body which creates more testosterone.“Frequently, the anabolic steroids that athletes use are synthetic modifications of testosterone” (Doping: Do You Know ). The reason football players take steroids is to gain muscle and size faster than a normal person gains muscle. They also take to heal

“ As many as 10-15 on each team are taking the substance to gain lean muscle mass” (HGH Use Is). The players have became so much bigger than they were in the 70’s. Tight ends have became at least 10 pounds heavier and are standing at 6’4 or even taller. The average weight for a tight end in the N.F.L. is usually 240 pounds, but some individuals like Rob Gronkowski are 6’6” 265 pounds.Tight ends would take steroids to become bigger and stronger which means they would become harder to tackle, and could also power their way past the first down marker. Lineman are the players that are more prone to use steroids. They use them because their position requires them to be big and strong. Offensive lineman that take steroids take them so the defensive player would have a harder time getting to the quarterback. Defensive lineman that take steroids take them so they could over power the offensive lineman that is blocking them to stop the ball carrier from getting a big gain. The average height and weight for an offensive lineman is 6’5 and weighing 312 pounds. The biggest player drafted in the 1979 draft was 272 pounds, there are guys being drafted around 290 pounds or above now