Topic Proposal

Recently, the issue of the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports like baseball has been a predominant topic nationwide.  On one hand, some argue that steroids are good for the game. They are better because it is more entertaining to watch players who are at their physical, muscular peaks play against each other. The more homeruns are hit, the more money teams make because of higher attendance ratings. On the other hand, however, others argue that steroids should be banned from baseball.  People say that steroids ruin the integrity of the game and cheat clean players who will never be as good as ‘roided up players. Also steroids are bad for your health. In sum, the issue is whether steroids should be allowed through a business standpoint or if they should be banned from an integrity standpoint.

My own view is that steroids should be banned. Although personally I would not mind seeing games where the strongest men hit and throw the ball as hard as humanly possible, I know that it is morally wrong to allow the usage to run rampant through sports. It would be unfair to those who wouldn’t use steroids and we can’t stand by and watch sports players destroy their bodies for our entertainment. This issue is important because baseball is our national pastime and there have been records set over the past 200 years. If cheaters were to break these, it would destroy the set clean image the sport has for itself.