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PROs and CONs of Performance Enhancing Drugs

PRO - increased income

PRO - increased income

  • Better performances bring athletes more success in competition and will increase their income.
PRO - fame and sponsorship

PRO - fame and sponsorship

  • Winning competitions will also bring fame to the performer. and gives athletes a greater chance of getting more sponsorship.
CON - banned if caught

CON - banned if caught

  • The testing procedures for PEDs are now far more accurate and happen more often, so greater chances of being caught.
  • Performers who are caught face a two-year ban from their sport and a heavy fine.
  • The performer's reputation will be ruined.
CON - immoral

CON - immoral

  • The use of PEDs is a form of cheating and is immoral and goes against everything that sports stand for (etiquette and sportsmanship).
CON - health risks

CON - health risks

  • E.g. increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.

The Effect of Performance Enhancing Drugs on Sport

Even though there are health risks and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are banned, some performers continue to use them. This can have negative effects on entire sports.

Harm reputation

Harm reputation

  • Positive drug testing can be very damaging to a sport’s reputation and spectators begin to doubt whether amazing performances are genuine or not.
Lost sponsorship

Lost sponsorship

  • PEDs can be very damaging for the sport itself because it could lose sponsorship and media coverage.
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