Why has the use of banned substances by sport figures been in the news so much lately!

The news of what being used and by whom, varies between the bad and the very bad.

To understand why these substances ban and why do some many sport figures continue to use them, We need to have a little back ground information on the issue of banned substances and sports;

Back as early as 1904 a marathon runner nearly died from a mixture of brandy and strychnine, a poisonous substance that in small quantities acts as a stimulant. That’s over a hundred years ago and our athletes are still trying to find an edge. Then is the 1930s Amphetamines replaced strychnine as the stimulant of choice among athletes.

It a known fact that the Soviet Union were giving hormones to their athletes as far back as the 1950s

A US physician by the name of John Ziegler invented a synthetic substitute anabolic steroids which came on the market in 1958.

By the early 1960 Anabolic steroids had became quite popular among athletes, including NFL players, seeking greater muscle growth and strength, always trying to get the edge on their competition

The Dangers of these substances came to light when a cyclist believed to be taking amphetamines collapsed and died at the 1960 Olympics and another cyclist died 1967 in the Tour de France event.

Intenation Olympic Committee (IOC) established a medical commission and developed a list of banned substances. It began drug testing of contestants at the 1968 Olympic Games.

Since then the IOC has continually expanded the list of forbidden substances, which include stimulants, narcotics, steroids, and masking agents.

Some sports events and organizations have banned the use of certain drugs and have set up programs to test for banned substances. The IOC was one of the first organizations to do so.

This did not seem to matter to the athletes, who looking to get the edge on their competition.

By the 1980s these banned substances were still a part of almost every sport and athletic programs of the Soviet Union and East Germany. These country wanted to win and their athletes were push to win at any cost.

Today’s athletes are not just winning for their countries anymore, but for the millions in endorsements dollars that can follow a win. It has been estimated that over 30% of Olympic athletes are using performance drugs.

At the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, the sprinter Ben Johnson had his gold medal stripped from him after testing positive for steroids.

Many believed that the only difference between Johnson and a lot of the other athletes was that he was caught.

The 1990s were no better than previous years; the headlines were filled with many of our sport heroes being accused of taking banned substances, better known as performance enhancing drugs.

There were also several Olympic athletes from various countries that were stripped of their metals during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

You have Mark McGwire who used a compound that at that time was legally sold but temporarily boosts the hormone testosterone. In 1999, McGwire announced he had stopped using the substances. That compound has since been banned by the NFL.

The 1998 Tour de France bicycle race almost had to be canceled when numerous competitors, including many top teams, were disqualified due to allegations that cyclists were systematically using drugs as part of their training regimens.

In 2000 the IOC helped establish a new World Anti-Doping Agency to coordinate international drug testing efforts in preparation for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.

Did it work? You want to say yes, but there is too much money in it for the athletes to win.

Here we are in 2013, and again the headlines are full of our heroes being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs ‘doping’.
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In April 2012, a news article suggested that a marathon runner died after collapsing in London has used an illegal performance enhancing drug, which can be purchased over the internet legally.

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Then there’s Lance Armstrong, who after years and years of denial, finally comes clean, sort of and uses ‘Oprah’ for his coming clean speech just last month. And who now says he will continue his efforts to get equal punishment for everyone who cheated while competing

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-lance-armstrong-20130130,0,4197896.story?track=rss

Now how about the story of A-Rod and a bunch of other athletes turning up in an alleged PED dealer’s records which was also hit the news last month.

The Yankees third baseman’s name turned up along with a slew of his constituents in the records of an alleged Miami-based PED dealer.

Alex Rodriguez, Gio Gonzalez, Melky Cabrera, Wayne Odesnik and others have reportedly been linked to the anti-aging clinic.
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Lastly, we have the story of Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, who by the way just won a ‘super bowl’ ring. Ray Lewis, was possibility of taking a banned substance. Ray knew that there would be no percussion from the NFL?, because this was going to be his last game.

Mike Florio says Ray Lewis may have found this loophole with his impending retirement and recent PED allegation.

If a player has thoughts of retirement, what’s stopping him from taking a banned substance and retiring at the end of the year before the NFL can hand down a suspension? Realizing it’s the last ride of their career, there could be nothing stopping these guys from doing whatever it takes to go out with a Super Bowl victory.

But Ray Lewis has denied the use of – deer antler-extract, and only time will tell if he did or didn’t.

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The use of drugs in sports affects more than just athletes and their fans. Kids just getting started in sports see that the repercussion of using drugs is totally out weighted by the money that is paid to winning athletes.

They don’t want to hear about all the dangers to a person’s health, and why should they, professional athletes don’t. For all the attempts by the various ruling sport organization, for even new drug test, there is even a newer drug invented to try to get around the test.

Athletes are always going to look for the edge over their competition and with the amount of money they can make having that edge, they are going to be looking for a loophole or a way to break the rules and try to get away with it.

The message were giving our young athlete, seeming to be that if they can take a substance, banned or not, that will give them the edge over their competition, take it, because if get that edge, you will be the one that get paid millions of dollars.

Here a Youtube video that will give you a good idea of what I saying:

We had not proven to our young athlete, the heath risk, they take when using substances.

The stories they hear, are of great athletes with great careers making millions of dollars getting cought, having their hand slapped and continue to make big money.

How big a risk is that?

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HOCKEY’S BACK, BUT AT WHAT COST?

NHL owners finally ratify new collective bargaining agreement and as we all know that means Hockey is back, as of January 19, 2013. It is scheduled to end on April 27, 2013, with the playoff starting in June.

However, Hockey was supposed to start October 11, 2012. What happened?

It all started back on September 13, 2012, when all 29 league ownership groups authorized commissioner, Gary Bettman, to lock out the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on September 15.

This action marked the fifth labor dispute in twenty years for the NHL, following a 1992 strike, lockouts in 1994 to 1995 and 2004 to 2005, as well as a referees lockout in 1993;. This is more than any of the other major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada during this period.

And it is not just the regular season that was shorten, the All-Star Game which was originally scheduled to take place January 27, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio, has cancelled as a result of the lockout

Gary Bettman, the commissioner, has apologizes to NHL fans for lockout, says he’s sorry. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2013/01/09/sp-nhl-hockey-gary-bettman-apologizes-to-fans.html
He is apologizing to hockey fans for the lockout that delayed the start of the season by three months. He says he knows the apology will not ease hard feelings that have built up over the past few months but he feels the fans deserve one.

He also wouldn’t say specifically what the league would do to make it up to the fans. Hopefully the fans that had already purchased ‘season tickets’ before the lockout had no problems getting their refunds for games NOT played.

He adds that as commissioner he is sometimes forced to make tough decisions that disappoint and occasionally anger players and fans.
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The league is planning to have teams play three games against the 10 opponents within the same conference but outside their division. They will then have an unbalanced schedule against division rivals, with five games coming against two teams and four against the two others, according to a source.

But what started the whole disaster? Who is to blame? Owners, Players ??? Actually the blame goes to ‘money’ and with both owners and players want more of it.

It’s the same old story with all the major sports, baseball, basketball and football; everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie. The 2012- 2013 NHL lockout was considered a labor dispute that began at 11:59 pm EDT on September 15, 2012, and ended at 4:45 am EST on January 6, 2013, lasting 113 days.

At issue for the owners were desires to reduce the players’ guaranteed 57% share of hockey-related revenues (HRR), introduce term limits on contracts, eliminate salary arbitration, and change free agency rules. The union’s initial offers focused on increased revenue sharing between owners and a fixed salary cap that is not linked to league revenues.

During the lockout, many NHL players went to other leagues in North America and Europe. Many businesses in the United States and Canada located near NHL arenas lost money as a result of the games not played.

The real loser of this whole mess is the fans, we will definitely pay more to see each game, we will see less games, no all-star game this year and the worst part is that there is no guarantee that is won’t happen again!

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There’s more to the end of the football season than just the Playoffs

What going on with the nfl

So it begins, just like the frenzy that occurred at the end of the baseball season, NFL coaches, General Managers and players are getting either traded or fired.

There are seven coaches and five general managers that have been fired in a flurry of pink slips that were delivered the day after the regular NFL season ended. Who knows if the bleeding will stop there?

Some of the fired coaches and GMs(General Managers) were let go simple because of a lack-luster season. Owners have to blame it on someone, and when it comes down to firing the coach or trading for a better quarterback, receiver, or kicker, it comes down to what is cost effective. It is a whole lot cheaper and easier to hire a new coach and/or GMs then a whole offense or defense.

Who got the ‘ax’, we will start with the most talked about and that would be Andy Reid, who is the winningest coach in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles. But that didn’t save his job.

Next is Lovie Smith who led the Chicago Bears to the 2007 Super Bowl, but for whatever reason, the Bears did not even make the playoffs this year, so out with the old.

Ken Whisenhunt is out after helping Arizona reach the Super Bowl following the 2008 season.
Also gone: Norv Turner of the San Diego Chargers, who had the reputation of choking when the chips were down, Pat Shurmur of the Cleveland Browns, Romeo Crennel of the Kansas City Chiefs and Chan Gailey of the Buffalo Bills.

There were also three teams that made it a clean sweep, saying goodbye to their GMs along with their coaches; San Diego Charges, Cleveland Browns, and the Arizona Cardinals.

The General Manager from the Jacksonville Jaguars was also fired, but the owner has decided for now to keep their coach.

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The dust has not even settled yet from all the firing and Andy Reid has already worked out an agreement with the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs to become their new coach. It all becomes a game of musical chairs at least until the last chair is filled and who will be left standing without a new team.

Even before the rumors start to quiet down on is no longer the coach or GM for what team, when the game of what quarterbacks gets traded from what team to whatever team is willing to take them on.

Such will be the fate of Tim Tebow of the now New York Jets to his new team, rumor has it that it might be the Jacksonville Jaguars. And what of Romo, will he stay a Dallas Cowboy?

Just like the end of the National Baseball League, rumors, gossip and eventually trades and firings, The National Football League will also end the season with rumors, gossip, trades and firings.

We will have to do a ‘wait’ and ‘see’ for whatever happens at the end of the National Basketball season. We are only mid-way through the season and the rumors and gossip are running rampant. The names of several players and coaches are being tossed around as differently between up for a trade.

Such is the careers of Players, Coaches, and GM’s, just like the world of fashions, ‘What’s in today could be out by tomorrow’.

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Christmas For a sports fan

Besides all the regular Christmas and family items, buy the tree, do the decoration, buying gifts, etc, etc. (and the list does seems endless) there is still sports!

December can be a hectic time of the year in the ‘Sports World’, starting with the baseball trades and this year there has been many surprises and a whole lot of money being spent. Both the Angels and the Dodgers, have spent the Angels getting Josh Hamilton for the outfield, to a five-year, $125 million contract and the Dodgers getting Zack Greinke as a starting starting pitcher with a $147 million, six-year deal And South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin with a six-year contract worth $36 million and more to come, just to help prepare themselves for next season and a chance to make it to the World Series.

Then there is College Basketball and the attempts by each college team to make it to “March Madness’. Sports fans are starting to take an interest in the top schools, taking a peek at who will be in and who will be out. All this to help them get an edge in preparing their ‘Brackets’. As of today’s date, UCLA and USC are struggling and hopefully they will both make it past the first couple of rounds.

Of course, if you a sports fan? There are also the college bowl games, which started December 15 and will end with the BCS Championship game on January 15 with Norte Dame playing Alabama. Before that big game, however, there is still the December 27 Holiday Bowl with UCLA playing Baylor, the Sun Bowl on December 31 with Georgia Tech playing USC and on January 1, 2013, the famous Rose Bowl game with Wisconsin playing Stanford.

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So while you, the Sports fan, are working on that Christmas tree, wrapping gifts, or just out with the family, you will have one eye or one ear fixed to a TV or radio trying to stay informed. It is just how it works with us, the sports fan! Oh, a word to the wise, while you are at that holiday function anywhere near LA, you may not want to bring up the Lakers, that is unless you are a Clipper fan!

Happy Holidays from the Sports4Dummies.com and good luck to your favorite team.