...article "How to Think About Our Steroid Supermen" he discusses the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports and how the use of these drugs is unethical because it goes against the sportsmanship spirit of the game. Rozansky also talks about the many ways doping is dangerous and can compromise the health of the athletes involved. He states his opinion that doping in sports sends a bad message to children-that drugs make champions. While these are valid points, However, if PEDs in sports were allowed and regulated, not only would it help the athletes improve performance, it would also make doping safer for the athletes as limits could be set on how much an athlete can use/have in their system. By regulating doping in professional sports, not only would this help keep athletes from injuring themselves, it also has the potential of improving the entertainment of spectating the sports by leveling the playing field even more and allowing for even greater spectacular feats to occur. Lance Armstrong was a role model. Not only did he survive cancer, despite having brain and lung metastases, he came back to win the most grueling race in sports, the Tour de France, a record 7 times. He was an icon, but that time has passed. In Rozansky's article he argues that Lance, and other athletes like him, by choosing to use performance-enhancing drugs choose to participate not in sports but in a spectacle that bears only a mocking resemblance to true athletic achievement. As such, we cannot...
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...1. Introduction As the Olympics and other sports events have raised people’s interest, the doping problem in sports has aroused wide attention of the international community. There is an increasing number of unregulated doping events detected in some important international sports events. Most people think performance enhancing drugs should not be allowed in sports; however, actually, doping should be advocated on the basis of safety. In this essay, the reason why athletes dope and why society disapproves of this phenomenon will be explained. Then the situation of the inevitability of doping will be discussed. Finally, the reason why doping should be allowed will be illustrated. 2. Reason of doping and disapproval of society Doping in sports is regarded to be against the rules and the athletes who doping in their competitions are considered that they are cheating. Although there is public opinion in society, some athletes still would like to take risks in doping. Why do athletes determine to dope in sports regardless of all consequences? And why do the society so oppose this phenomenon? 2.1 Reason of doping Athletes, especially elite athletes, desire great perfomance in competition and honor of win. Moreover, once they win the championship, they start to attach to maintain the title and break the record. These benefits and glory make the idea of doping grow in some athletes’ heart. Recently, the whole world was shocked by the news that the most famous cycling champion...
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...substances’ in sport? There has been little effort within the social sciences to provide insight into whether and how athletes communicate among themselves about morally contested topics. In an article, A Frame Analysis of Communication About Doping Among Talented, Young, Norwegian Road Cyclists by Renslo Sandvik, Ase Strandbu, and Sigmund Loland from the Norwegian School of Sport Science attempts to fill this gap in the literature. Through focus group interviews, the authors explore how a group of young, Norwegian road cyclists communicate about doping. The article demonstrates that this communication is strongly norm-regulated and often appears as brief,...
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...Running head: DOPING IN CYCLING 25 June 2014 Utrecht School of Economics The Economics of Doping: policy advices to create a level-playing field in professional cycling. Authors: Danilo Fattorini (3790215) Orkhan Hajizada (3773663) Supervisors: Drs. Erwin van Sas (USE) Dr. Tineke Lambooy (RGL) Group Supervisor: Drs. Erwin van Sas Table of Contents Abstract3 Introduction4 1. Institutional Framework7 1.1. Embeddedness7 1.2. Institutional Environment9 1.2.1. Formal Institutions9 1.2.2. Informal institution – the doping market112 1.3. Governance14 1.4. Resource Allocation and Employment16 2. Decision-making process16 2.1. Prize money and Doping17 2.2. Health and Doping22 2.3. Size of Punishment and Probability of Detection 23 2.3.1. Doping game: introduction26 2.3.2. Theoretical example using real numbers 30 2.4. Number of participants and Doping 34 2.5. Conclusion 37 3. Policy advices38 3.1. Efficiency Comparison 38 3.2. Application of Criminal Law 41 Conclusion42 Bibliography44 Appendix A: Interview with Filippo Simeoni49 Appendix B: Interview with Axel Dekker55 Abstract Sports victories are often strived to at the cost of sportsmen’s integrity, reputation, health, security, or even life. The tendency to use performance-enhancing drugs is shaped by factors characterizing the institutional framework. In particular, the prize money, health costs, severity and frequency of punishment, and number of participants are...
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...Governance in Sport and the corruption of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) Introduction This report is going to analyse the corruption of the international association of athletics Federation, and will evaluate the practice that this sporting organisation carries out. The best practice in other organisations will be compared to the IAAF and will make recommendations for the future from other organisations in order for this company to improve. The IAAF have faced challenging, governing and integrity issues since the end of 2014, throughout 2015, and now even into 2016. Decades of doping scandals and conspiracy charges have been made public and the IAAF have a lot to answer to in order for operations to return back to normal. The article in which I will be evaluating is titled; Athletics Doping Scandal: Blood experts criticise IAAF Claims. It was published on the 28th November 2015, and gives an insight into the corruption of the IAAF and if misconduct is taking place over the world; it can be accessed via http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/34953362 Governance in a sporting Organisation Governance plays a key role in all sporting organisations, it promotes ethical principles of conduct and helps to allow companies to work in regulations of the correct code of practice. International sporting organisations and leaders see governance as somewhat a critical challenge, this is because of the increasing repetition of corruption, match fixing, and doping. A Sporting...
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...ENHANCING DRUG UNDERMINE THE SPIRIT OF SPORT? What’s common in Spiderman, Fantastic 4, and Captain America? Their journey from where they start. All reel life super heroes are self-improving individual. They were not the heroes until they bump into with the scientific experiment or Nature’s bustle. Same can be the saga with the Sportsmen. They want to create history by winning a Medal and some of them won’t mind seeking helping from drugs. Who doesn’t want to enhance their performance in any field of their work or job? If one look at employee’s (sportsman) point of view he/she will be getting new avenues of earning name and fame, recognition from their country and also from world’s media. Then if one looks at Company's (Inner self, Family, Brands, and Country) point of view it’s always good that their employee mark their manifestation (unless it isn’t effecting Company’s reputation or rather it isn’t naked). And when it comes to peers (if they are too true to their company) one is being egocentric because there is matter of being promoted with more than just a Gold Medal. And this also may arouse interest of their peers to opt the enhancement therapy (which can be better for company). So one can’t be exactly sure of favouring doping which is better for sport and sportsman but only in short run. Different Kinds of Drugs used in Sports: The practice of taking remedial measures for performance enhancing is called Doping in Sports. There are different performance enhancing...
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...Performance Enhancing Drugs In the world of sports, competition is always on the mind of every athlete that competes. Whether it be a sport like football that demands physical and mental toughness to more simpler sports like track and field which focuses on one specific event or sequence, competition is always around the corner. Every athlete who competes in any extracurricular sport wants to see their name in lights or scattered across newspapers, magazines, sponsorships, and trophies to prove that they are worthy of becoming one of the greatest athletes of all time. However, in a society full of medical breakthroughs and countless research, an array of substances known as Performance Enhancing Drugs have fallen into the hands of these athletes....
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...common in sports today. Headlines seem to pop up every month about athletes doping across various sports. Through the use of injections or pills, the use of drugs in sports goes back almost to the invention of the concept of sports. Sports like wrestling, soccer, American football and cycling are among the many sports that are influenced by doping. These performance enhancing drugs make the body produce more red blood cells and only last for a short period of time, contrasting to the regular steroid. These drugs allow the athlete to obtain more oxygen into their system – enhancing their performance for a few hours before returning to their normal state. More and more athletes are doping, with Lance Armstrong...
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...strongest shape (minus the possible side effects of doping) and go against their motto. Documentary-ish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPnT1ZSXfaU * This video basically follows this body builder around as he talks about steroids and body building. * This video shows how athletes feel like they are not performing their best if they choose to not use steroids. * This video also shows how body builders felt when they found out their role models (Sylvester Stallone, Schwarzenegger) * Athletes who choose not to dope fall into conventional thinking as they abide to the regulations of the sport, rather than the outcomes made possible by winning. If an athlete chooses not to dope and loses to someone who does, they directly fall into conventional thinking. Post conventional thinking would be if the athlete dopes despite the regulations, wins, and brings home wealth to his benefactors. This thinking is considered utilitarian and can be considered rights based if his opponents doped as well. * As evidenced in Lance Armstrong’s case, he was able to dope for years and received the benefits of winning. This suggests two things. * Doping can be done successfully without the consequences of getting caught. * Lance lives the life of a very successful athlete despite admitting to his doping. This proves the example of post conventional thinking ~ utilitarian. Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/sports/cycling/lance-armstrong-confesses-to-using-drugs-but-without-details...
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...10 Legal Studies | Anti Doping Laws ***** Contents 1.0 Introduction pg. 1 2.0 Background Information pg. 1 3.0 Key players pg. 2 4.0 Investigation pg. 3 5.0 Evaluation pg. 4 6.0 Bibliography pg. 5 ***** 1.0 Introduction This report will detail, investigate, and evaluate the legal and administrative structure created, in WADA, to combat the ever prevalent issue of doping in an elite sporting environment. Of particular scrutiny will be the fairness, interpretation and implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) with regard to recent anti-doping cases. Further, the numerous methods and substances of doping will be thoroughly assessed. 2.0 Background Information ‘Doping’ is a term that is often associated...
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...1. Yes, sport has a unique ability to transcend ‘race, politics or language group.’ Sport ignites feelings of pride and patriotism in its citizens and it thus forms a strong bond within a country. As seen so obviously in 1994 when the winning of the rugby world cup as well as Nelson Mandela wearing the rugby jersey, brought the entire country closer – this ‘gesture of racial reconciliation which meted heart around the country.’ It unified our diverse nation because in that moment everyone was fore-mostly proudly South African. National sporting events remind the citizens of a country of their common link (to their country) and this feeling of being connected by something bigger than any individual, unifies a nation. 2.1 Image 2: The 1994 Rugby World Cup held in South Africa – when the Springboks won the finals and Nelson Mandela was there to...
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...Ethical issues regarding the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports In the history of 20th century sports, specifically in the post World War 2 era, there has been an ever increasing use of performance enhancing drugs in all avenues of sport. Sports have become money making machine for both athletes and big business and the “win at all costs” attitude which has permeated itself into all aspects of professional and college level athletics. Winners make money, losers don’t. The temptation of fame, notoriety and million dollar contracts in all venues of sport is a lure for many athletes. Elite professional athletes are worshiped in today’s society. This paper will elaborate on the use of performance enhancing drugs in the sporting world and the associated sports ethical issues. It is a majority belief in all sporting circles that the “true” spirit of sportsmanship does not allow any aspect of performance enhancing drugs. There are several arguments both in favor and against the use of performance enhancing drugs which will be presented and discussed in this paper. While addressing this ethical issue, we need to define the term ethics. Ethics can be defined as the socially accepted norms and values. These norms and values are varied from society to society and are based on culture and tradition. Ethics also could be defined as the unsaid, un-written and understood laws that prevail in a society. Ethics also cover what is right and what is wrong in society and teaches...
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...The Advantages and Disadvantages of Blood Doping Over the past years, there have been many technological advances in the field of medicine. Some of them have proven to be extremely beneficial in creating a healthier society while others have been used for personal gain. The following essay will outline one of these advances, which is the medical phenomena of blood doping, also known as blood boosting and blood packing. There has been much controversy surrounding the use of blood doping ever since it has gained mainstream publicity. From a medical and an ethical perspective, many consider the use it wrong and immoral. In the following paragraph, we will briefly introduce this concept by describing the process and how it can be utilized. Later on, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of employing blood doping. Blood doping is a medical process used to increase the concentration of red blood cells in one’s body to a higher, supraphysiologic level (Shah 167). Athletes who would like to give themselves an advantage competing physically most commonly use it (Foschi, 458). This procedure can be achieved in two different ways. One can ask to have his or her own blood injected or can request the use of the blood of a matching donor. These processes are respectively called autologous and monologous transfusions. The red blood cells are usually removed over an extended period of time. The withdrawn blood is then refrigerated for preservation and finally re-injected...
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...Doping can be a serious issue at any level of sports. Keep in mind that some forms of doping can be the use of narcotics and stimulants that can inhibit an athlete’s mind and not just supplements. Athletes are always looking for something to help get that edge, whether it is a second off their sprint time, being able to withstand a long run with ease, hitting a ball farther or lifting a few more pounds at the gym. Doping can give that edge to athletes and help them win that competition. But is it fair? We know that some forms of doping are just that, dope better known as drugs and is illegal to possess and use. As I see it, doping is cheating! Any titles and/or awards that are earned by the athletes who have been proven to be under the influence of drugs during the competition should be given back or stripped. Like, I have stated already doping is cheating and in some forms illegal. Why should it be okay for someone to alter their bodies just to get the edge over other athletes who work hard the right way?...
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...The Unbalanced Scale of Banned Substances and Sports Lolita Sampson American Military University The Unbalanced Scale of Banned Substances and Sports There are over 2000+ recognized sports across the globe and the first reported drug abuse incident occurred in the late 1890s (Lajis, n.d.). Many sports have been played for centuries where their tactics have been mastered by the competing athletes. This is what separates a novice from a professional. Some athletes choose to elude the sporting guidelines and seek ergogenic aids, to include banned substances in order to win. Winning or losing determines a continuous paycheck, scholarships, athletic contracts and sponsored endorsements. The scale is unbalanced in relation to banned...
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