Stop taking drugs: Play fair for future of sports
Being a professional athlete could be a distant dream in childhood for many sport-lovers. “Athlete” means charming, healthy and even wealthy in modern society. David Beckham and Tiger Woods are exemplary to show how athletes turn their gifts in sports into fame and fortune. However, after unveiling the glamorous gloss of the professional athletes, the truth hides behind stunning achievements like breaking records and scoring for teams may be plain drug taking.
It is a common practice for some highly paid athletes to take medical chemicals in order to enhance their performance. It is obvious that controlling or even boosting performances by taking drugs contradicts the core value of every athlete, the sportsmanship. Although taking drugs to improve physical mobility of a sports’ player is understandable, it is not appropriate. Such act makes the divine battle in sports field become merely an underground fight in the area of drug-synthesizing and violates the principle of equality and fairness because the athletes with less financial support are discriminated against.
Under this circumstance, pushing human body limits relies heavily on pharmaceutical researches rather than correct method and sufficient time for training, which is a disrespect to athletes playing the sport fairly.
Using drugs in sport not only deteriorates the minds of athletes but also does harm to their bodies. Developments in medical science are often achieved by disproving previous results. As a result, finding out drugs commonly used actually poses health hazards to users should not be deemed as a shock. Moreover, the working principle behind performance-enhancing drugs is usually stimulating the nerves to transmit nerve impulse quicker than normal, increasing heart beat rate and raising contraction force of muscles, which is considered physically abnormal. Under prolonged use of drugs, the physique of athletes will be damaged, which is a piece of fact beyond dispute.
To an athlete, taking drugs is like putting their health at risk in exchange for a moment of success and glory. Is it worth it? It probably further shortens the highly condense career of an athlete. After the prime, what is left to the athlete may be a worn out body.
Taking drugs to enhance performance jeopardizes the well-being of athletes and menaces the trust of the public. Professional athletes are stars who realize their childhood dreams. They champion it in their adulthoods. This encouraging thought gives strength to many people. It is not easy to believe in such a fairytale but drug-taking unravels the fabric of such believe. This act makes the public harbor a deep distrust towards the positive value of sports and stop to hold hope in the profession. Such behavior can even hinder the development of the whole industry. To sum up, taking drugs does harm to the athletes and the future of the whole industry. Contradiction to sportsmanship also damages the heart of sports – to play fair and hard. Is it worth it? Giving short-term personal interest a higher priority than principle and the development of the industry may be too short-sighted and inconsiderate.