Synthesis

Some people claim that PEDs should be banned from competitive sports for the justice, meanwhile, they even suggest rewarding the clean athletes apart from the penalties for the dirty. In competitive sports, every participant should have an equal chance of success. As Goodman(2012) states, “I think that athletes, as a whole, wish to complete clean”(para.6). But unfortunately, the reality is that too often peer pressure wins out. What’s more, in order to ban the use of PEDs in sports thoroughly, “we should do something to reward the clean ones and give athletes an incentive to abstain”(Bradbury, 2012, para.5). This indicates that we can cope with the issue from different perspectives. From my perspective, it is a controversial topic that concerns everyone and we should treat it without any bias.

References

Bradbury, J.C. (August 8, 2012). Fine the Dirty, Reward the Clean. Room for Debate: New York Times Online. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

Goodman, M. (August 8, 2012). Clean Competition Is Safest. Room for Debate: New York Times Online. Retrieved August 10, 2017.