As a high school athlete it is required that we see a couple of videos on different health issues. On of the videos i saw was about steroids and how it ha so many negative effects on the human body that could even result in death. The video seems to completely contradict what we were told as high school athletes. I am surprised to see that the argument for use of steroids can seem so legitimate, it seemed as if this video had a lot of evidence towards the fact that if steroids are used carefully, and in the proper manner it is very unlikely to have and side effects. I went back and looked at the video a second time and i realized some small things that they seem to pass over, for one they say that it might not have any serious side effects, implying that steroids have small side effects and the videos also fails to use any strong, or certain language. It just seems like they don't guarantee the fact that there wouldn't be any serious side effects. Another thing that i caught onto is the fact that this is a video geared towards older males, so the side effects could be seriously different for women and younger children. I believe that the use of steroids is unfair in competition and should be definitely banned from competition. I do however believe that the use of steroids for personal reasons is up to who ever the user is. I personally have been though that steroids are very harmful and should not be used under any circumstance, but it is up to the user to use steroids if they think the risk is worth taking.
As i stated before steroid users that use it for personal reasons should not be prosecuted. However; steroid users in professional sports or even high school sports should not be allowed. If there were different standards for high school athletes and professional athletes i believe it would lead to more problems in the future of potential pro athletes. For example a high school athlete could get to the pro level because of the use of steroids but once the athlete has to stop taking steroids at the pro level he would not be able to compete at that level. Finally to summarize I believe that there should be the same protocol for steroid testing in all sports and at all levels of the sport.
I think Hoberman's idea that our culture forces the use of steroids is to put it simply just stupid. I think that if your not able to compete naturally through hard work and practice then you don't deserve to play at what ever level your playing at. I have had experiences like this in high school, some kids used protein drinks which made it easier for them to get stronger faster, and some kids would work out as hard as they could and still have a hard time getting stronger. This resulted in the the kids who used protein shakes to become stronger and faster getting more playing time that the kids who worked hard in the weight room and at practice. As anyone could see this was very unfair.
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I think that your blog was very well written and you got your point across, but i also think you should have elaborated more on your high school experience watching the steroid videos. In your blog you said the videos you watched contradict the one you just saw. How? Give more examples, not everyone has watched the steroid videos in high school. Another thing you can argue about athletes and others using steroids is it is illegal and dealing it is just as serious as drug dealing, steroids can aslo cause infection cause the needle the use can be dirty.
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