Essay About Use Of Creatine And Favorite Baseball Player

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A popular and fan favorite baseball player is being investigated for using steroids
and/or other performance enhancing drugs. I have been asked to represent him as he is faced
with these challenges, but there are aspects to the case I need to take into consideration before
accepting this challenge. While it does not build character within a player, there are other cases
involving the same situation however it does inhibits social interaction, and he has admitted to
taking some unknown substance.
“When Ken Caminiti, a former Most Valuable Player in the National League, admitted to
Sports Illustrated in June 2002 that he used anabolic steroids during his award-winning season,
mainstream newspaper journalists reported the revelations heavily, with many calling for
changes in policy and the introduction of drug testing” (Harvard Journal 2006). Since then, the
Major League Baseball collective bargaining agreement has put drug testing into place. It is a
random act that no player can see coming. The number of baseball players taking any type of
steroids, HGH, and/or performance enhance drugs is more than we are willing to admit. There
are players taking performance enhance drugs in other sports as well, so baseball is not the only
sport that is being affected. Drug testing athletes is a step that needs to be taken in order to
promote values, character, and behavior of those whom look upon these athletes.
It is not uncommon for players to take performance enhancing drugs to improve their
skills on and off the field but where do you draw the line? “It is generally permissible for
athletes to ingest non-muscle building dietary supplements that facilitate athletic performance
such as carbohydrates, electrolytes drinks, energy bars, vitamins, and minerals- and they often
encouraged to do so. Even the use of creatine as a muscle-building substance currently is not
considered to be doping or an improper means of athletic performance enhancement” (Harvard
Journal 2006). The use of steriods however is considered a performance enhancing drug and
should