Yes

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  by Chris Messner

  Created on: January 22, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Yes, and for more than one reason.

  Sadly, as with most things in America, it comes down to money. My

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  by Nanette Piotrowski

  Created on: November 15, 2008

  Cheating is cheating, no matter what venue or arena of sport. Everyday we hear of some 'sports hero,'

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  by Stephen Bate

  Created on: February 26, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  The issue over the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport has long been one wrestled with by the

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  by Sammy Stein

  Created on: February 27, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  If a professional athlete cheats, they should be banned for life.
  Taking drugs is cheating, pure and

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  by Stavros Proto

  Created on: May 04, 2010   Last Updated: May 05, 2010

  Drugs in sports, does anyone condone them? I wouldn’t think so not unless you’re one of

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  by Ashley Smith

  Created on: October 25, 2009   Last Updated: October 31, 2009

  I believe if a professional athlete is found guilty of knowingly taking a banned substance, then they

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  by Melba Dagan

  Created on: January 22, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Why does anyone go into professional sports? The two most basic answers are that they really love playing

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  by T. M. Beeker

  Created on: February 27, 2008   Last Updated: May 23, 2011

  I have often been branded a reactionary by my friends and detractors, yet, in this issue I see a very

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  by Tim Carter

  Created on: July 24, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  On the face of it,banned for life sounds like an extremely harsh punishment for an athlete who knows

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  by Ryan Gray

  Created on: February 28, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Though professional athletes have been battling one another on the field, court, rink, etc., for many

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  by Andrew Baker

  Created on: January 19, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  I believe cheating athletes should be banned for life for drug use. Use of steroids enhances the muscle

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  by Robert Fredericksen

  Created on: February 27, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  I believe that athletes who use drugs should be banned for life from sports. Firstly, we opposed countries

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  by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

  Created on: July 21, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Matt Slater wrote "Olympic Ideals Survive Chambers Challenge" in the BBC Olympic Blog. The subject was

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  by Sean Curtis

  Created on: January 22, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  In regards to recreational drug use, a lifetime ban seems a bit excessive. While penalties should be

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  by Robert Tippett

  Created on: February 27, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Should professional sports athletes be banned for life for doing drugs? It is amazing how insane people

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  by Ian Loft

  Created on: January 23, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  There can be no doubt in the assertion that use of drugs to enhance sports performance is cheating.

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  by Phillip Ellis

  Created on: February 18, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  R.I.P British Athletics...

  So in the week that British Athletics caved in to the lawyers over the Dwain

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  by Ted Sherman

  Created on: January 22, 2008   Last Updated: March 22, 2012

  What the title should be is: Should drug use get a pro athlete banned for life IF he or she is caught

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  by J. Lee Kenser

  Created on: February 28, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  I think that depending on the type of drug usage and the attitude of those involved should also be taken

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  by Kenneth Handley

  Created on: January 22, 2008   Last Updated: July 29, 2011

  The salient point in this debate must be the term professional which can be defined as being for profit