Good Morning Nairalanders, the question 'why is that sportsmen can't take drugs that increases their performances'? its their life, so whats the sport body angle on it, my own opinion free them if you know you can use, use it.

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why ain't students allowed to carry text books into the exam hall?

@Gmajor, you gave a perfect answer.

Have you not heard about performance enhancement drugs? They literally mean drugs taken to enhance one's performance on the field of play. Sport in its true sense of nature is a fair game and so all its participants should be in their conditioned (peak performance) state without any external force(drugs). A sportman caught doping is as good as a cheat.

But some sports like professional body-building encourages "polypharmacy". They take steroids, fat-burners, growth-hormones and the likes. Because the sport looks out for size, vascularity,lowbodyfat percentage muscle density as well as symmetry and these cannot be achieved naturally.

PRISTINEMUSCLES:
@Gmajor, you gave a perfect answer.

Have you not heard about performance enhancement drugs? They literally mean drugs taken to enhance one's performance on the field of play. Sport in its true sense of nature is a fair game and so all its participants should be in their conditioned (peak performance) state without any external force(drugs). A sportman caught doping is as good as a cheat.

But some sports like professional body-building encourages "polypharmacy". They take steroids, fat-burners, growth-hormones and the likes. Because the sport looks out for size, vascularity,lowbodyfat percentage muscle density as well as symmetry and these cannot be achieved naturally.

to make it fair why not let all sports men take it
like open textbook exam

Gmajor:
why ain't students allowed to carry text books into the exam hall?

sir have you heard of open text book test or exam

michaelo2:

sir have you heard of open text book test or exam

I don't think there's anything like an open book exam.
Moreover, you are looking at this issue like a cigarette— the smoker is only hurting himself so why bother. Whereas doping gives unfair advantage making it a form of cheating.
If you tell athletes to use drugs where will you draw the line? All dopes ain't created equal, some are more powerful than others.
Giving athletes the power to dope will only drive them to extremes, every one will want to outdo the other person and before you know it people will ruin themselves and the spirit of the sport .

Gmajor:

I don't think there's anything like an open book exam.
Moreover, you are looking at this issue like a cigarette— the smoker is only hurting himself so why bother. Whereas doping gives unfair advantage making it a form of cheating.
If you tell athletes to use drugs where will you draw the line? All dopes ain't created equal, some are more powerful than others.
Giving athletes the power to dope will only drive them to extremes, every one will want to outdo the other person and before you know it people will ruin themselves and the spirit of the sport .

as for me it should be free for all, cos am sure some would know the limits