by Neil Dixon

Created on: May 23, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

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 not employ such unscrupulous tactics.

If any sports governing bodies were to have an open policy with regards to steroid use, the sport would no longer be about the excellence and talent of the individual who is so highly gifted that they can be paid such vast sums to showcase their talents.

All a person would need to do is inject themselves with one of the many steroids available and before long they would see results that far exceed what their particular talent would otherwise limit.

The moral question would also be raised. If a particular athlete did not want to actively use these potentially dangerous drugs, then their career will almost certainly be over. The clean athlete simply couldn't compete with their drug enhanced rivals and would either have to act against their moral stance and begin taking steroid enhancements or find another career.

It would be impossible to have half of the field using steroids and half opting to do things the natural way. How could the sporting bodies police such a sport? There would have to be two leagues put into place. A drug free league and a steroid user's league. The two could not and would not be comparable.

In closing, steroids should not and can not ever have a legal place within our professional sports. The focus should solely be placed on dedicated training programmes where the most dedicated sit at the top of their chosen sport as opposed to the less hungry competitors who do not put their heart and sole into being the very best they can be. Anyone caught using steroids should be named and shamed for the whole world to see. They should also be immediately banned from their chosen professional sport and never be allowed to compete in any professional sport for the rest of their lives.

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