Why is it that the punishment for players that use steroids in sports to enhance their performance is small compared to other felonies to the sport? Athletes in sports take steroids and get a minor suspension and a fine for cheating but when someone is not enhancing their performance with drugs and is accused of cheating like stealing signs in football the penalties are much harsher. According to Miami University (miamiu.edu), when Bill Belichick was caught stealing sign’s the Patriots were penalized by losing a draft pick which is huge, but players taking steroids or PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs) there would only be a minor 4 game suspension. Another example is when Pete Rose was betting on his own team and then was banned from the Hall of Fame forever. Despite maybe being the best hitters of all time. However people who took steroids are still allowed in the Hall of fame and only a 50 game suspension.
How come it is that cheating has different punishments when it is a different kind of cheating in sports? It doesn’t make sense understand why trying to get an edge in something can get a less harsh punishment then someone just cheating. Taking drugs for performance should be a much worse punishment than stealing signs or gamblings. It truly doesn’t make sense these punishments for cheating are different depending on the reason. According to the Miami University Blog (miamiu.edu), there is not a harsh enough punishment for players using steroids in sports referencing the people who gambled and cheated compared to the players that took steroids. In short, punishments for cheating in sports are not even fair. With the bigger cheaters getting the lighter punishments. Any cheating should result in the same punishment and the punishment should be tough and crucial.
Is it wrong for people who have taken steroids to keep their achievements, records and awards? According to the New York Times Blog (nytimes.com) the achievements and Awards for the players who took steroids should be taken away. They don’t deserve to keep their MVP or Tour de France. For example, Ryan Braun won the MVP in 2011 and then it was later found out that he was taking steroids and everyone is saying that he should give the award to Matt Kemp who was the runner-up for the MVP. Another example is an even bigger one when Lance Armstrong won many Tour de Frances and it was later discovered that he was taking performance enhancing drugs. For that scenario they actually did take away his awards and his achievements seem to be fraud and not real accomplishments now. To summarize, in more sports the players who have taken steroids should lose their achievements and have their awards taken away.
Steroids should be banned from sports because of Health reasons. According to Marquette University (marquette.edu), steroids can really negatively affect your health. The side affects of taking steroids are really costly. Some side effects are affecting the liver, endocrine, tumors, heart conditions, and even cancer. For example, biker Lance Armstrong took steroids and he had cancer. He was able to beat it but him taking so many steroids was the cause of the cancer. The only way to keep athletes healthy is to keep them away from drugs; specifically steroids. Overall, athletes who take steroids are usually the ones to have health problems so we need to keep drugs and PEDs out of sports and away from athletes.
Should awards, achievements, and records be kept by the players and athletes who had taken steroids to keep them? Some people think that these awards are theirs and that they still earned it. The reason why Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez should keep their his MVP’s and that Lance Armstrong should have kept all of his tour de France’s is because when you take them away you are erasing sports history. There will be questions asking who won this in that year and it will be weird because you are giving the award to the runner-up even though technically that athletes didn’t actually win that award. Also, despite players cheating and taking steroids to improve their performance they still had the skill hit the ball or bike that far. Their performance may have just been improved. Not everything they did was fraud. In conclusion, some people believe that the awards that some of these players had won should be able to keep that award.
Steroids need to have a harsher punishment in professional sports. There is no reason why there should be a smaller suspension or fine for taking steroids over some other ways players may cheat. It is possible that maybe the players taking the drug are sometimes the premier players in that sport and that may mean the league may not want to suspend them from the game too long. In summary, the punishment in sports for the use of steroids is too minimal and that their should be a much tougher and more costly punishment.
How come it is that cheating has different punishments when it is a different kind of cheating in sports? It doesn’t make sense understand why trying to get an edge in something can get a less harsh punishment then someone just cheating. Taking drugs for performance should be a much worse punishment than stealing signs or gamblings. It truly doesn’t make sense these punishments for cheating are different depending on the reason. According to the Miami University Blog (miamiu.edu), there is not a harsh enough punishment for players using steroids in sports referencing the people who gambled and cheated compared to the players that took steroids. In short, punishments for cheating in sports are not even fair. With the bigger cheaters getting the lighter punishments. Any cheating should result in the same punishment and the punishment should be tough and crucial.
Is it wrong for people who have taken steroids to keep their achievements, records and awards? According to the New York Times Blog (nytimes.com) the achievements and Awards for the players who took steroids should be taken away. They don’t deserve to keep their MVP or Tour de France. For example, Ryan Braun won the MVP in 2011 and then it was later found out that he was taking steroids and everyone is saying that he should give the award to Matt Kemp who was the runner-up for the MVP. Another example is an even bigger one when Lance Armstrong won many Tour de Frances and it was later discovered that he was taking performance enhancing drugs. For that scenario they actually did take away his awards and his achievements seem to be fraud and not real accomplishments now. To summarize, in more sports the players who have taken steroids should lose their achievements and have their awards taken away.
Steroids should be banned from sports because of Health reasons. According to Marquette University (marquette.edu), steroids can really negatively affect your health. The side affects of taking steroids are really costly. Some side effects are affecting the liver, endocrine, tumors, heart conditions, and even cancer. For example, biker Lance Armstrong took steroids and he had cancer. He was able to beat it but him taking so many steroids was the cause of the cancer. The only way to keep athletes healthy is to keep them away from drugs; specifically steroids. Overall, athletes who take steroids are usually the ones to have health problems so we need to keep drugs and PEDs out of sports and away from athletes.
Should awards, achievements, and records be kept by the players and athletes who had taken steroids to keep them? Some people think that these awards are theirs and that they still earned it. The reason why Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez should keep their his MVP’s and that Lance Armstrong should have kept all of his tour de France’s is because when you take them away you are erasing sports history. There will be questions asking who won this in that year and it will be weird because you are giving the award to the runner-up even though technically that athletes didn’t actually win that award. Also, despite players cheating and taking steroids to improve their performance they still had the skill hit the ball or bike that far. Their performance may have just been improved. Not everything they did was fraud. In conclusion, some people believe that the awards that some of these players had won should be able to keep that award.
Steroids need to have a harsher punishment in professional sports. There is no reason why there should be a smaller suspension or fine for taking steroids over some other ways players may cheat. It is possible that maybe the players taking the drug are sometimes the premier players in that sport and that may mean the league may not want to suspend them from the game too long. In summary, the punishment in sports for the use of steroids is too minimal and that their should be a much tougher and more costly punishment.