Using Illegal Substances Help Win - 1709 Words

Using illegal substances to help win? Is that acceptable to any Hall of Fames of sports? â€Å"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.† Scott Alexander. What Alexander is saying in this quote is that cheating and loosing is easy to do and that’s why the real winners and the role models of sports take the hard path and earn what they deserve for being at that level of competition without the easy way. In no way shape or form is cheating acceptable to any of the halls due mostly to that the halls don’t only induct great players but great men. If a man had to break the law to become the â€Å"best† is he really the true best? Or are they just the best of the juiced up players? There are†¦show more content†¦In most cases of juicing athletes, the fans are baffled by the amazing talent of that player which isn’t why the player even does it. A player uses to become the best of the best and just needs a boost to get to that point. To the player he is throwing honor and integrity to the wind and will break the law to gain more talent than God has already provided. There are many stances that can be taken over the topic of PEDs from a religious view that a player is interfering the Lords â€Å"temple†, from the respect view with that thought of he had to cheat to be good, or from the affirmative side that the player was already athletic beyond belief and he still had to make it to the pros. Granted that the player still had the ball, or be able to throw a strike in the right place gives the affirmative side a good platform to stand on. For example Barry Bonds was an outstanding athlete however wasn’t the strongest or biggest on the field, until he began to use PEDs and he became a monster on the field, hitting home runs here and there and making astonishing plays in left field. Barry Bonds had become The Asterisk of the diamond until he was accused of using and became The Hormone King. Once accused people began to be infuriated with him and wanted nothing of him. However, who really hit the ball? Barry Bonds did. Now who made the ball go over the outfield fence? The Hormone