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| Yes | 16% | 171 votes | Total: 1098 votes | |
| No | 84% | 927 votes |
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by Ian Prichard
The main argument against steroid use in sports usually boils down to "fairness," and if we stop and look at those who complain about the unfairness of steroids, we find that at...read more
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Steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs should absolutely be permitted by professional athletes. To decry their usage is either intentionally or naively ignorant of hist...read more
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by Dolf
We need to be realistic when discussing professional sports. Professional sports are big business first and sport second. Anyone who believes otherwise is naive. When the des...read more
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by Todd Pheifer
I didn't choose to write in this column because I advocate opening the floodgates to whatever substances people want to use. Rather, I chose to write here because steroid use i...read more
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What's all this fuss about steroid use? So what if Manny Ramirez recently tested positive for estrogen and fertility drugs? Who cares if Alex Rodriguez lied then lied then ...read more
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by Jim Jividen
When I'm a wrestler, I behave as a wrestler. That was Mickey Rourke responding to a Men's Journal question if he used steroids to aid in his nearly 40 pounds of muscle weight g...read more
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Not only should steroid use be allowed, it should be MANDATORY in all professional level sports! Think about the fans for a minute. If the folks watching baseball wanted to see...read more
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by Rex Teodosio
There seems to be a current misconception regarding the relationship between steroid and talent. Steroid does not develop talent. Name me an anabolic steroid that increases al...read more
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by Sparx
I don't agree with steroids or steroid use. But everything has its exception. Professional athletes routinely take that stuff anyway. Only a fool would believe otherwise. These...read more
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by John Palmer
The most important component of sport is safety: no questions asked. Writing from a health and safety point of view, those sportspeople who want to take steroids should acknowle...read more
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I believe that steroids should be allowed in sports. If a player wants to put something into their body, they are only putting themselves at risk. That being said, I also beli...read more
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The question is whether or not they should EVER be allowed. If you asked me if they should be allowed right now, I would say no. But if the day ever arrives that steroids beco...read more
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by XEC
Yes, I believe (and I'm going out on a limb) that 75%-85% of athletes use some type of steroid, whether it be a muscle regaining enhancer, training rejuvenation, or whatever, bu...read more
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Let us look at this perspective. Professional sports is a means of entertainment. Ask yourself, how many actors and actresses have had some type of plastic surgery, or body au...read more
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Steroids, speaking loosely, seem to have an undeserved bad reputation. Surely no-one would argue that it is unfair for some athletes using enhancement drugs to compete with oth...read more
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by Dale Unger
The idea that steroids in sports create an uneven playing field is absolutely absurd. First, steroids are readily available to any athlete. If they were made legal and prescrib...read more
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by BLindley
Hello... This is AMERICA, so, unless you are breaking the law or, doing harm to another person, we do not have the right to tell anyone what they can or, cannot put in to their ...read more
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To put a different spin on the "yes" argument I want to focus on the word "ever" in the debate title. Picture this. A new professional league is started up, whether it be foot...read more
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People's objections to steroids seem to centre around two key arguments. 1) It's dangerous and 2) It's unfair. 1) Steroids are dangerous. This is simply untrue. Steroids are u...read more
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by Geoff Bassan
Yes, not only to steroids but to every " drug " for any sport whether it assists performance or not. I contend that no matter what authorities try to do, they will never elimina...read more
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by Ashley Smith
Should steroid use ever be allowed in professional sports?(REPOST)There have been steroids used in sports for many years but that's not an excuse to allow it to continue unchall...read more
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Abusing their bodies. The Use and Abuse of Drugs in the Olympic Games According to a definition from World Book Dictionary, a drug is a substance (other than food), that when ...read more
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The competitive nature of athletes is the necessary driving force to be better than everyone else at the specific sport they play, steering the athlete on the road to a successf...read more
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by Erik Setser
Honestly, it's a bit absurd that this is still up for debate after so many years. The fact that doping has been a part of sports since the first athletic competition is nary an ...read more
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by A Morris
My idea of a professional sportsman is a man or woman with a natural ability in the sporting arena. They gain their titles and medals on merit, because they have trained hard an...read more
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Professional sports and steroids are a volatile combination. The interaction between the two has the ability to desecrate the integrity of athleticism as well as promote the uns...read more
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by Micah Olson
If there is such a thing as a level playing field in sports than there is positively no place for steroids. This however is just one of many reasons that come to mind when we c...read more
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Steroids should never be allowed in professional sports. The reason is damage to the people who watch the sport on a psychological basis and to the person playing the sport. I...read more
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by Neil Dixon
Steroids only purpose for the professional athlete is to artificially boost muscle mass and power. The steroid user gains a significant edge over their fellow competitors who do...read more
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Unless we are going to change the word sports to simple mercenary entertainment, then steroid use should never be allowed in professional sports. Why? Because we don't allow me...read more
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When looking at something like discipline, an account of the player's character and several other related issues will need to be considered such as drug abuse. In the same vein,...read more
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by Karen Langst
The only exception to this rule is the use for medical purposes. If not for medical purposes my answer is an absolute "NO". We are supposed to be the best we can be and not th...read more
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When you think of many legendary professional athletes such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Walter Payton and Wayne Gretzky, what do they have in common? They were all win...read more
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Steroids have been used by professional athletes to up their game for decades. Whether they're competing in boxing, football, basketball, or even sports entertainment organizati...read more
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A profession like all profession's have there ups and down's weither there right or wrong.It has been proven that steroid uses have done nothing more then change your appearance...read more
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The short answer is of course not. What is interesting to me, however, is that we usually view this question in terms of what is best for the fans, and reserve our vitriol for ...read more
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by Zach Bigalke
The beauty of athletic competition is that it is a showcase of the abilities of the human body. Whether the explosiveness of the hundred-meter dash, the grace of grabbing a fly ...read more
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Cheating is cheating no matter how many ways you slice it. Though it may not guarantee automatic success, it does however enhance your body but there is a difference in use and...read more
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Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the fastest man on earth Bill Gates? That's an exaggerated comment but the meaning is quite clear. If steroids are allowed in sports the athl...read more
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by Dan Dawson
On the surface this would appear to be a no brainer. Steroids have been linked to a multitude of medical problems such as heart disease, kidney ailments, liver problems, etc. T...read more
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