Watching the documentary, "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" really had me questioning my morals. The film made it seem that their is nothing wrong with anabolic steroids. While watching the film It made me ask a lot of questions, "What is the real reason why steroids are ban from sport?" , "Is it because it's not fair?". I came to conclusion the main reason why steroids are not allowed in NCAA is because it would not be fair. For example everyone knows that the University of Texas has one of the wealthiest sports programs in college sports. Saying that, Texas could afford the top line anabolic steroids on the market. Now teams like Texas State University and Sam Houston University would not be able to afford to give each player steroids. So this would make for an unfair advantage.
I'm an athlete at the University of Texas on the track and field team, where I am a thrower. Strength, Power, and speed are important factors for becoming a top line thrower. So steroid use is always very tempting in this event. After watching the film it tempted me even more. The documentary stated that only 3 people die per for anabolic steroid use, and those three cases are most likely because of over use. And their really is not much health affect using steroids. Even though it's very tempting I would never use steroids. One because my morals wont let me do it, and two because I feel it takes away from the purpose and discipline of sport.
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