Steroids and their Detrimental Impact on Sports
It seems as though every time we open up the newspaper to the sports section, another extremely admirable sports record has fallen. Sports such as baseball and track and field have had their record books rewritten multiple times in the last ten years. Likewise, the controversy about athletes using performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids has also exponentially increased as more and more media attention is focused on these new athletic feats. What exactly is the advantage of using these substances and how can they increase athletic performance? Why should things like steroids be banned from both professional and amateur?
My paper will first explore the assets of taking substances like steroids. It will then address the detrimental side effects that come from steroid use, and the impact they have on athletes in the long run. I will then discuss the increase in athletic performances, and how more historically long-standing records are fallings faster than ever. This includes some of the more recent scandals and controversies surrounding sports such as baseball and track and field. My paper will end with possible solutions for this problem, and what can and should be done to preserve the honor that comes from athletic competition.
I plan on using a wide variety of supporting materials for my paper. First I will use a well-respected medical database or website to find the scientific effects of steroids on the body, and the side effects that comes with there use. I will also cite numerous athletic scandals related to performance enhancing drugs. These can be found in most major sporting newspapers and magazines.
My papers main purpose will be to inform readers about the problems of steroids in sports, and then to convince them why there should be stricter testing and enforcing of anti-doping rules. My audience will be my peers and classmates, many of whom have participated in some sort of competitive sports and have knowledge of the steroid controversy. My goal is to write a paper that will inform the audience of new information, and to address what should be done about this problem.
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Ansary, Tamim. “Have Sports Records Become Unbreakable?” MSN Encarta. 15 October 2007. http://encarta.msn.com/column_sportsrecordsmain_Tamimhome/Have_Sports_Records_Become_Unbreakable.html
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Joe, your topic proposal includes claims both for an exploratory paper and a proposal/policy paper. So, you need to sort those out and for the first paper only focus on the consequences of steroid use (both positive and negative) from a variety of perspectives. Here you can talk about the athletes themselves, other athlete competitors, the public, the health professionals, the sports and entertainment businesses, etc. Make sure that even if you show your stance on "anti-doping rules", you do not turn your paper into a solution/policy/proposal argument!
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