Athletes taking PEDs is just like sitting in school taking a test and not be able to figure out and answer to a question and seeing classmates cheating,taking out their phone,looking at others paper, and having cheat sheets. Most people have had this happen in their lives just like athletes most athletes are hard workers but you come across a few so called athletes who use performance enhancing drugs to improve there game which are illegal. The use of performance enhancing drugs is an unlawful shortcut which helps body muscle grow faster without effort and it also helps with muscle endurance.The use of this substance is increasing instead of decreasing. The use of these drugs diminishes the chances of “clean” athletes making it to the major sports or teams, destroying all the hard work they have done their whole life. Their needs to be a drastic improvement with the testing of performance enhancing drugs. Frequent year round drug tests and severe punishments in various levels would be favorable for athletes and fans because it keeps the game clean, gives youth a positive influence, and it sets a good image for the sport.
First and foremost limited and ineffective drug tests, have let well known and distinguished athletes get away with deceiving the fans and the sport. The first person that people think when they say cycling is lance Armstrong. He has been the face of cycling since decades winning the biggest races like the Tour De France six times. But during June 2012 “The International Cycling Union (UCI) banished Armstrong from ever competing again and formally stripped him of his Tour de France titles, along with every cycling achievement since 2008, endorsing the punishment laid out earlier this week by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency”(Clarke). The punishment of Armstrong was the correct measurement taken by the UCi. Armstrong cheated throughout his career since he started cycling professional. Lot of reports came out saying Armstrong cheated and was fraud....