"Destroyed"
The article "Destroyed," by Peter F. Martin, portrays the effects of steroids and other performing enhancing drugs in an unbiased way. Martin goes back and forth, weighing the consequences of these drugs on the sport itself and its players. With a condescending attitude, mocking the sports analysts and fans, Martin humorously makes light of a dark situation. Comparing the old times when sports were "all natural,"to recent scandals of many athletes "cheating," but these drugs did not exist back then. He does mention that performance enhancers are a major threat to sports, while also discussing the risk to the athletes health, which not many people take into consideration. Martin's article opens up a third-eye point of view to the effect performance enhancing drugs have on sports, and the athletes who play them in an articulate and neutral aspect.
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Performance enhancing drugs are a major risk in the sports world, on the game itself and the athletes who play it. They contradict the true idea of a "sport." Sports anchors and fans grieve over the fact that performance enhancers have ruined the game, but what about the players who risk their health for it? People ignore the fact that these drugs have great consequences on its users health.
Defining Moment
"Athletes - those who dope, who take steroids, who cheat - are victims of far more serious maladies then their sports,"(Martin 582). Martin's compare/contrast type style helps you look at both sides of this ongoing controversy, providing all the details of the situation and problem. The whole conclusion of this article is solid, summarizing the ongoing scandals of performance enhancing drugs in a way providing all aspects of the issue without being opinionated.
