Steroids in Youth Sports

What is the thought process of a young kid faced with these temptations as he takes bus ride after bus ride in the minor leagues wondering when and if he will ever make it to the Show? Once a player has tested positive three times, he won't be allowed to play school sports again. Chick's dig the longball, right Barry? Well, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa happened.

By educating, enforcing and treating the use of steroids, high school sports should become steroid free. We know we haven't executed yet, but the intention is there. Not to worrry Barry, you fixed all that. Three guys who thought they were bulletproof and could do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, without repercussions.

You just knew this kid was Hall of Fame bound - http://www.Techandtrends.com/?s=Fame%20bound [1] after just his first few years in the Bigs. You went out and broke McGwire's single season record for homeruns and you broke the great Hank Aaron's all time record. So what made A-Rod turn into A-Roid after being in the league for seven years and dominating? There was something back then to give you an edge if you wanted it.

Carter, along with Racing 92 team-mates Joe Rokocoko and Juan Imhoff, has been absolved of any wrongdoing after a report had claimed traces of steroids showed up in drugs tests taken by the trio after last season's Top 14 final. If any of us found ourselves in the position that Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds or Alex Rodriguez found themselves in, would we succumb to the temptations of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED's i.

Not as advanced and not as refined as today, but it's all relative. Barry Bonds had it all. Trust me, there was something. Three guys who just couldn't accept those facts about themselves and needed more. Kids who are fighting to be the next big thing and make it to the big leagues. What was McGwire's line in his cameo on the television show Friends after his record breaking season?

His fear of not living up to the expectations of that mega-contract took him over. (since his admittance of using from 2001-2003 there have been reports that he first tried steroids in high school) The majority of people out there will say that they can't understand how someone as gifted and established as he was at the time, could be so insecure in his ability and have that much fear of failure that he would turn to steroids.

Alex Rodriguez is flat out the best, most gifted all around ballplayer I have ever watched play the game. I'm talking about the Single A level ballplayers, fresh out of high school or college and trying to make their way up the food chain within their organizations.

Kids who face many challenges that are different from the already established superstars in Major League Baseball. Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. Let me state my position clearly on this whole topic of steroids. They were already the best at what they did for a living long before the reported use of steroids had begun. A-Rod signed the biggest free agent contract in the history of pro sports at the time, with the Texas Rangers.

Three automatic first ballot Hall of Famers. Were they the only three guys who were juicing? You are now the King of the Homerun. Any player caught using steroids should be banned from the game forever. He was overcome with fear that he wouldn't live up to the money he was now being paid. We also want to grow and adapt.

Is it realistic to believe they will ever be clean or ever were? but don't be na