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Steroids in Sports

Steroids in sports have been a reality for quite some time and far longer than many like to admit or are willing to accept; sometimes it’s hard to tell which. It is a generally accepted fact that steroids have been used in sports since the 1950’s but it’s the increasing amounts that is often up for debate but either way steroids in sports has existed for the majority of the modern competing age.

When it comes to steroids in sports, this is a phrase we’re all very accustomed to and it is one that is engrained in society as a whole as a despicable venture and plague on the sports world but it wasn’t always this way. For years steroids were widely accepted; through the 50’s and 60’s most of the Olympic power lifters, as well as many other athletes used steroids as part of their prep. In the world of bodybuilding steroids were openly used, often right on the gym floor. However, it was in the late 1960’s and early 70’s that we would begin to see a ban on steroids in sports in some professional arenas; this ban was issued due to encouraging a more level playing field but it did little to affect the widespread use; and this wide spread use was not limited to bodybuilding and power lifting, although the amounts were definitely higher in those sports respectively.

It wasn’t until the 1990’s that the use of steroids in sports took a lethal blow; with Canada’s Ben Johnson beating the American golden boy Carl Lewis at the 1988 Olympics and the death of the NFL’s Lyle Alzado in 1992, with the combination of these two events, they represented what many call the beginning of the war on steroids in sports.  An interesting note regarding both cases; the accepted claim is Alzado who died of brain cancer contracted the disease due to his steroid use. If you watched any of the main stream media reporting on Alzado, it was in-fact his steroid use that led to his early death at 43 years of age. However, Alzado’s own doctors stated there was no medical reason to infer that Alzado died due to steroid use. We know Alzado used anabolic steroids; we were told by the media this caused his death; his own doctors dispute the claim; is this not odd? When it came to Carl Lewis, there have been many rumors that he too had taken banned substances before the 1988 Olympics, even by heads of the Olympic doping committee; yet for some reason these were largely ignored. What do these two stories tell us about steroids in sports? One thing is certain, the truth has never been fully revealed.

In recent years it has been Major League Baseball that has held the torch of steroids in terms of media attention. With Jose Canseco’s book “Juiced” to McGwire and Barry Bonds and a host of others, the media as well as the U.S. federal government has placed the MLB on the forefront of the watch list when it comes to the war on steroids and the war on steroids in sports. Since the end of what many in the media have dubbed “The Steroid Era” of baseball, many claim this end has brought the game back to its original intent; a clean and fair game without a syringe in sight. Let’s be honest; does anyone really believe this is over? Athletes in all sports have been using steroids for over 50 years, increasingly more each decade. As the use increases athletes have continued to find ways to beat the test as well become more educated on which drugs are more easily detectable versus drugs that are not.

The Truth

Steroids in sports have existed for years and continue to exist. In the realm of professional sports where athletes are paid based on performance and not their desire to play ball, it will always exist. It is the media which has largely and in an uneducated manner blackened the use of steroids in sports without a plausible and rational reason yet their war as well as the war fought by the governing bodies continues to mount power; just as steroids in sports continue to become and gain more sophistication.