What's your opinion about drug use in sports? Do you think most professional athletes use illegal drugs?

Answer 1

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Whether professional or amateur, athletes can be under enormous pressure to produce, to excel, to win. And the current "If you're not a winner, you're a loser" attitude just adds to that pressure. It is understandable that some would look for illegal ways to increase strength, speed, stamina. Not admirable, but understandable.

But drug use in sports diminishes the game, whether it is baseball, basketball, hockey or any other sport, whether the drug is to enhance performance or if it's 'recreational'. They diminish the stature and the reputations of those who take them.

I think the majority of athletes are clean - it's the ones who use who make the headlines, of course, but the media won't get much play out of "Today it was discovered that the (pick your team or group of athletes) tested negative for any form of drugs".

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Answer 2

Not most professional athletes but some. And i think its stupid and bad. I mean how do you expect your fans to call you a true player if you're not being true to yourself?

Answer 3

I think it's stupid. People on drugs do stuff they wouldn't normally do. who knows, somebody on drugs might hurt another person due to thier attitude change.

Answer 4

I think that illegal drugs are bad in sports. They give a disadvantage to the players who play fair and square. I believe that most professional athletes don't use illegal drugs, but sometimes the not so good ones, to gain popularity and publicity. If I was Prime Minister of Canada, I would track down all those drug companies and give them a warning. If I catch them again, throw em' in jail. No more of this "second chance" stuff.

Answer 5

It's cheating, plain & simple. The new drug of choice is growth hormones. Basically they are saying to everyone, that they're not good enough to compete with their God Given Bodies or talent, so they use enhancements. Not a sports-man-like message to send to the sports playing youth, who dream of following these athletes footsteps one day.

And I'm just talking about stimulant drugs for sport enhancement, no ones discussing the illegal narcotics many use off the sports arena. I can't fathom why they are idolized so? The ethics & integrity of fair play & sportsmanship means very little these days.

Answer 6

I don't think most do but I think some do.
I find that it really takes away from the game because you almost know what to expect when someone is juiced.
Because being juiced helps their consistency..
I think it also helps demonstrate the natural talent of the un-juiced players though. So i think in a way it helps the players (all of them, even the unjuiced one), but it doesnt help the game at all.

Answer 7

I don't think drug use in sports is a bad thing. Now if we are talking about sports that will be performed at the Olympics then that is a completely different story.Those athletes are competing against other athletes in specific events and those should be au natural. But other sports ie. baseball, basketball, football, and your sport UFC, IMO should not be regulated. These individauls are there because they are the best of the best. Is taking some sort of supplements or hormones cheating, not really, they are out to give PERFORMANCES to the general public, and less so competing against one another.

I beleive many professionals use drugs (ie performance enhancing) now whether or not they are illegal is a different question.

Answer 8

Using anabolic steroids to boost your performance is stupid.
You are not only cheating everyone else, but yourself too if you use them. Furthermore, the prize you won won't mean as much as when you had gotten it honestly.
I think most professional athletes in baseball, and some in track use illegal drugs.

Answer 9

I unfortunately believe there are many athletes using performance enhancing drugs. I believe that for any new method of testing there comes a method of masking the drug. I feel bad for athletes who don't cheat. I believe anyone caught with performing enhancing drugs in there system are banned for life with no second chance. Maybe that will deter a few more people from cheating.
*UFC made a huge mistake by not having the great Patrick Cote fighting in Montreal.

Answer 10

I definitely wouldn't say most, but I'm wondering about some of the best, highest paid players in pro sports. It definitely wouldn't be hard to get caught up in all the money and fame to go as far as taking steroids.

I personally wouldn't but I'm sure there are many who would.

Answer 11

i say no no no

Answer 12

Personally I see it as being no different than any other kind of cheating.

I do not think that most professionals use drugs. It's much more common with amateur sports and people who generally lack any sort of talent. That said, I met someone who was a professional bicycle racer in Europe and he said that there was lot of use... to the point that guys would be injecting themselves in the thighs while riding just before coming to the climbing part of the race etc.

We've seen some top pros who have made their careers with illegal drugs... some people will do anything to win.

For me, cheating of any kind goes against my morals -- I'm good enough that I don't need to cheat to win.

Answer 13

That is the worst think ill never heard about. what the heck. drugs are just too stupid and add you just spend ur time 4 anything. and YES there are a lot of athletes before who were using drugs because they tought that they will won ( THATS STUPID) Maybe it works but its not good for ur health. so everybody, NEVER take drug. NOT EVEN TRY !

Answer 14

Hi Patrick,
To me, this question has no single answer. As society grows, things that are viewed as "acceptable" change from time to time. If the mainstream decides its ok to use drugs in sport, than its ok, and vice versa. It has always been that way.
My opinion? For some people drug use is part of the journey toward sports excellence. Many view it as "cheating", and in some respects it is.
I think if we are seeking for individuals who are superior to others by their own nature, then drug use would be an unfair practice. I have a sense that many more athletes use steroids than we would believe.
After all is said and done, what is the meaning of competition? What is the real goal?All competition is mere vainity (Don't get me wrong,I like being Vain too). It all revolves around who is the "best" at a skill that is perceived important, so we can be well loved and coddled....hopefully by gorgeous women....and we can also become rich....which also is a vain prospect.
If no one cared about Football, boxing, or any sport. We would all have to count on our personality or ability to cook to be admired and well loved. Personality I have, but I can hardly cook no matter how many steroids I could take.
So, Patrick, although I am not in favour of it, I say drug use in sports is just part of the game, and some day it will be the normal thing to do.
Now get to the gym and quit wasting your time here.

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Answer 15

You should'nt

It gives you an unfair advantage and you'll pay for it later (overdose, abuse etc.)

Answer 16

1) artificially enhancing a body to do bigger and better things is not sportsmanlike in my opinion. People need to be happy with what they can accomplish without drugs. If your body is not suited for power lifting, pick another sport. (for example).

2) I don't know if "some" or "most" professional athletes use illegal drugs or not. My opinion stands. ANY drug use to artificially enhance a body to do bigger and better things is not sportsmanlike.

Answer 17

I'd say that some do but not all. Not every person is the same. Some people are just weak and can't handle stress and not being number one so they cheat. Staying true is most important.

Answer 18

Of course 75 % of all athletes , including the olypics , take a look at the necks of these athletes ,they look like a bull moose in the Rut season ..

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My source is myself , I used to weight lift and weighed 220 lbs and never got to look like any of the athletes nowadays ...

Answer 19

it is bad and I don't think that pro athletes take drugs

Answer 20

For fear of sounding like a prude, drug use by athletes hurts the athletes. Most sports fans could care less, all they want is action, and if there's blood, all the better!

Pros use illegal drugs, you'd have to be pretty naive not to think so. Competition is so fierce, they're almost forced to. If you care about the athlete, more drug testing needs to be done!

Answer 21

I believe it is up to the athlete to make the best choice for himself, his team, and his fans. Whether or not it gives an unfair advantage, nobody can really say, but really who cares. Don't regular people see that, the athletes are all general people as well?. For that matter, put all the athletes on steroids, and see what the talk would be then?. Probobly would garner much more revenues. An abstract thought!

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My Brain!!! or sorry, Pinky's brain!!!!

Answer 22

I know that the media makes it sound like most professional athletes use illegal drugs. Particularly steroids. I know better. The media has proven itself to be about the ratings now too, in my eyes. When i watch professional wrestling, as an example, you can tell the wrestlers who have or do use steroids, from the ones who just stay in good shape and work hard to do so. I am far more impressed by these athletes that don't take shortcuts. From watching professional sports of all types, i would say it is less than 1/4 who use performance enhancing drugs. Illegal drugs, well, id say likely a third use. A lot in a way, but, likely on par with mainstream society.

Answer 23

My opinion is that they should not be allowed to use it, some Athletes give it 110% and honestly win the sport, some athletes use drugs and they should be called cheaters, they are not safe, and have resulted in many deaths, i even did a whole paper on why steroids should not be used!

Answer 24

Of some type, yes!, but who cares?! If there continues to be testing, why hasn't Tennis been selected? I mean, Serena Williams looks like Mike Tyson, and Dominika C like Rocky Balboa!

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I watch a LOT of Tennis!

Answer 25

I think there is a lot of pressure out there and the competition is fierce so yes I think that many do, perhaps more so in certain sports than others. You can really kind of suspect steroids by body shape and weight--few really are just 'born' with mass like that. Often irratic behaviour is another sign. But even illegal recreational drugs I bet many athletes are into. It's just a kind of lifestyle with much too much pressure for an average person to sustain.

I think western society encourages finding solutions in pills for everything so why should sports be any different.

Answer 26

No I don't think most pro-athletes take drugs. I think that tops 10 take it in every Major sport. I also live in a town where drugs are easier to get than food. I have also seen people ruin their lives with drugs and if a pro-athlete uses drugs they're going to ruin theirs. Drugs are horrible things to take.

DON'T DO DRUGS!!!

Answer 27

I absolutely agree that pro athletes cheat. The rigors of so many games and performances throughout the year wear the old pro down. When 1400 hockey players are tested internally and nobody is caught? Thats icing on the cake. CHEATERS!!!

Answer 28

I do not think that most professional athletes are taking illegal drugs, nor do I think it fair to see an athlete doing good in their career, then automatically have it assumed that he/she is taking illegal drugs.
I do however think that when it comes to comparing professional athletes to minor leagues and such yes I think that there is more drug use.
It's one thing to get on top, it's another thing to stay on top.

Answer 29

I think most use drugs.

Answer 30

Hm.

Probably?

May as well just put every athlete on the drugs. This way everyone is super-drugged and then only people with the actual talent, plus drugs will win, as opposed to the people with the drugs in their systems.

But I'm a pessimist. Plus, I find competitive sports bothersome.

Answer 31

Id say the majority in many sports.