Why is there widespread steroid use in professional sports?
Despite the possible punishment for steroid use in professional sports, many athletes still choose to use steroids because steroids do enhance the athletes competitive edge in the playing field. Steroid use in professional sports could spell a lifetime ban for the athlete involved, monetary fine, and stigma from peers and fans. All professional sports organizations ban the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. The National Football League, for example, is one of the professional sports organizations which ban the use of steroids. To deter steroid use in professional sports, different organizations adopt anti-doping policies such as random testing. In the professional sports of mixed martial arts fighters undergo testing to determine if an MMA fighter used steroids prior to the fight. If found guilty of doping violations, the concerned state athletic commissions then imposed their individual ruling on such cases. The federal government is also concerned with steroid use
