Shane CaseyProfessor Waltz-CummingsHumanities 101March 5th, 2013Steroids in sports Over the last few years performance enhancing drugs has become a large issue for a number of reasons. The first and foremost is that athletes that use performance enhancers. Athletes use these drugs to get a step up on their competition. When these drugs are used the fairness is lost and not all the athletes are playing on the same level. For this reason it has been banned in all sports. Many achievements have been stripped from athletes over the years for the use of performance enhancers. Another reason why performance enhancers are so controversial in sports is tradition. Sports have been played by a specific set of rules throughout American history and even a minor change is a big deal. Though the changes may be small they add up over time. Should the rules change for performance enhancers as well?Is the integrity of the game more important than “victory at all costs” (Hammond)? People and athletes have lost sight of what is important in sports. Sportsmanship is losing meaning as time goes on and is being replaces by money and popularity of the athletes. When people lost sportsmanship they lose the real meaning of playing a sport. Ashby feels that the game would no longer be about the hard work that the athletes put in, but who has the better “steroid cocktail” (Ashby ). By this she means that sports would lose their hard work and be just about who has the best performance enhancers. People would lose sight of what matters in sports. Teams would focus more on performance enhancers then the sport itself.Athletes throughout history stood above their competition with talent and hard work. They show what they are capable of by training for hours to become better than anyone else. Athletes who stood at the top of their sport worked just as all the others did, but they work harder or are naturally good at what they do. These athletes break and set records and were good role...