On October 30th and November 4th, we learned about deviance
in sports. We learned that deviance is defined as an act or person that differs
from the normality’s; especially behavior or attitudes that differ from
acceptable social standards. Deviance is seen all too frequent in sports today.
One example of deviance in sports is the use of drugs and more specifically
prescribed drugs, social drugs, and performance enhancing drugs. First off, we
are going to focus on performance enhancing drugs. They are substances that are
used to improve the athlete’s performance in sport. In an article written by
ESPN, they explain that anabolic steroids are the most commonly used PEDs in
sports. They also explain that it is not just football players and heavy lifter
males who take them although they are the majority. Others include white- and
blue-collar workers, females, and most alarmingly adolescents. Second, we
learned that these drugs can be injected, taken orally, implanted, or used as a
cream. The two most popular ways are orally or injected. The ones that are
injected are broken into additional categories which make them either last
longer in your system or shorter. ESPN also explained that both come with a
price to pay both physically and mentally. Finally, in class we learned the
consequences of athletes being caught with the PEDs. We learned that each
organization has their own set of rules. In the article, they explain that all
major sports organizations have established drug consequences starting after
2005 yet athletes persist on taking the drugs for the sole reason of them
getting an advantage and being able to win, even though these drugs will cause
serious physical and psychological side effects. Some of these disciplines stop
athletes but most will continue their deviance at the cost of their advantage
and the ability to win.
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