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Deb Vee
Deb Vee

Performance Enhancement: Where Do We Draw the Line? Part II – The Guidelines

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 20:26. | comments

Developing guidelines to address issues apparent in Part I of Performance Enhancement: Where Do We Draw the Line is certainly easier said than done; the complexities are obvious. What I would like to do is create a starting place, a beginning, from which we (and athletes) can more easily determine the point of performance enhancement that must never be crossed. The hope is to allow athletes the ability to continue striving toward their full athletic potential without risking their character and integrity or their physical/mental/emotional wellbeing.

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Deb Vee
Deb Vee

Performance Enhancement: Where Do We Draw the Line? Part I – The Problem

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 00:44. | comments

We could make this simple and just say that using any performance enhancement deemed illegal is where:

> proper athletic training ends and cheating begins

> the attitude of “winning at all costs” exhibits major control

> the eroding of character/integrity establishes a strong foothold

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Deb Vee
Deb Vee

STEROIDS: Current mentality facing our kids

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 02:31. | comments

Winning the Steroid Battle

Win. Win. Win. There is no losing, just winning, at all costs. Get bigger, get stronger, hit harder, run faster longer, DESTROY YOUR COMPETITION. This is the message of contemporary sports in America. Winning is everything, losing is unacceptable. Winners go on to become famous and sign million dollar contracts, losers watch them on television. With all of the societal pressure young athletes are faced with to succeed, be it from the media, parents, coaches or peers, it is no wonder that a surprising number turn to illegal performance enhancing drugs to give them an edge over their competition.

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Steroid Testing Program Ends a Long Debate

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 22:35. | comments

I read with interest a recent ( June 3, 2008) article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Steroid testing ends to mixed reviews- "Florida's decision last summer to implement a steroid testing program for high school athletes made national headlines.
But now that most state-sanctioned sporting events have ended, so has the one-year pilot program.
The result?


Of approximately 600 athletes, only one tested positive, said FHSAA spokeswoman Cristina Alvarez."

 

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Deb Vee
Deb Vee

Great Article on the Pervasiveness of Steroid Use in Sports

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:28. | comments

I recently came across a piece that references true experts, like Dr. Yesalis, in a discussion regarding steroid use that I thought was good and important to direct attention to. The title of the blog article is Yesalis, Williams and Fainaru-Wada on steroid panel at Penn State: 95% of NFL players use HGH and it is from an online blog journal called Steroid Nation.

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Deb Vee
Deb Vee

Steroids in Professional Sports and Youth Sports, WHY?

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 22:30. | comments

What Are Anabolic Steroids And How Do They Work?

Anabolic steroids - more properly termed anabolic-androgenic steroids - are synthetic derivatives of testosterone - the hormone that makes a man a man.

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Anabolic Steroids: Your Child's Road to the Gold or to the Grave?

According to a 1999 National Institute of Drug Abuse survey, steroid use among students is now at its highest point in a decade, with an estimated 479,000 students nationwide, or 2.9 percent, having used the drug by their senior year of high school.

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