Monday, August 10, 2009

Sports and Steroids

In recent years, use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances has become a major source of controversy for professional sports. There are really two different questions here. The first is whether such substances should be banned or controlled by the sporting oversight agencies. The second is whether players should obey the rules put in place by those oversight agencies, particularly when the rules are not being enforced and are, in fact, being secretly violated by so many of one’s competitors in the sport.

Links:
Anabolic steroids (ESPN)
Steroids in sports (SportsMedicine.com)
Steroids in sports and baseball (Steroid.com)
Should we have steroids in sports? Discussion. (NPR)
When banned, only cheaters get an advantage (Jon Swift Blog)
Mitchell Report (ESPN)

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