Sport is defined as “an activity consisting of physical application of energy and skill in which a team or an individual competes against an opponent or opponents for entertainment.” (Oxford, 2012). In today’s society, entertainment is an industry, arguably the largest industry with a reasonably healthy annual turnover with sports entertainment recording a $63 billion revenue in 2009. (Morss, 2009). This shows us that sport is no longer just for entertainment, but that on the other side of our screens
Persuasive Essay: Drugs in Sport Madeline Clarke - 10A The term 'doping' refers to the use of prohibited drugs to gain an unfair advantage by artificially improving sporting performances. In recent events, the topic of drugs in sport has been brought up more often and has raised the public’s general awareness of drug use in modern society. Most people would agree that drugs should not be associated with sport at all because it’s unfair, unsafe and promotes the use of drugs within the community, corrupting
U.S anti-doping agency found he had been using Performance-enhancing drugs(PEDs) in his cycling career. More famous athletes prove to have used banned drugs to enhance their performance from Rashid Ramzi, track and field to Mark McGwire, baseball. Performance enhancing drugs are called “performance-enhancing” for a reason; they help the athletes get stronger, muscular strength, perform better, train harder, and recover more quickly after an injury. This is why the role of the anti-doping agency is