Steroids have ruined a many of athletes in their hunt for greatness. The everyday pressure for a athlete to be better than everyone else, to make that big paycheck, or simply go to college. Many young athletes turn to illegal substances to gain any advantage on others. High School athletes are pressured to fit a certain mold or criteria that colleges are looking for. You have to be this big, you have to lift this much, you have to run this fast. These requirements push young athletes to drastic measures to fulfill their dreams.
We all had a dream of being a star in some shape or another. But some people will do anything to get that dream even if it means breaking the rules and possibly damaging your body for the rest of your life. We have seen many a star fall from grace due to steroids and banned substances. Baseball itself has tarnished its long history due to its ignorance of steroids. Steroids has almost ruined sports period. Anytime someone seems to be great at something or invincible we as society find it hard to believe. We quickly assume that these persons are using some kind of illegal substance. Many great feats in sports have been torn to pieces due to steroids. Homerun records have been tarnished, track and field records, tour de france records, and many other sport events have been touched by steroids.
Steroids has permanently damaged something that was suppose to be good for youth, and Im not sure if it will ever recover.
