Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive doping case when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory, The Associated Press has learned.

The decision means Landis, who repeatedly has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, must forfeit his Tour de France title and is subject to a two year ban.

Floyd Landis is also trying to accuse his former team mate, Lance Armstrong of using "performance enhancing drugs." Lance Armstrong is denying these accusations.

Steroids In High School Sports

Kids in High School are starting to feel the pressure of living up the the high standards of the pros. They are having to compete for scholarships, a chance at the big time, and just recognition for there skills. The pressure of winning is high, and the bar has been set extremely high. Coaches and Players are willing to turn a blind eye as long as they are winning.

Results from the 2006 Monitoring the Future Study, which surveyed students in eighth, 10th, and 12th grades nationally, show that 1.6 percent of eighth-graders, 1.8 percent of 10th-graders, and 2.7 percent of 12th-graders reported using steroids at least once.

Alex Rodriguez

Rodriguez is considered one of the best all-around baseball players of all time. He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs, breaking the record Jimmie Foxx set in 1939.
In December 2007, Rodriguez and the Yankees agreed to a 10-year, $275 million contract. This contract was the richest contract in baseball history (breaking his previous record of $252 million).

In February 2009, Rodriguez admitted to steroid use from 2001-2003, citing enormous amounts of pressure on him to perform. His admission came after Sports Illustrated named Rodriguez as one of the 104 Major League players to test positive after a 2003 drug survey. This survey, approved by the Players' union on the condition of anonymity, was designed to help determine whether mandatory drug testing was necessary. Though these results were supposed to be destroyed, a master list was seized during the BALCO investigation.

Marion Jones

Marion Jones had won 5 medals at the 2000 Olympic games, she routinely denied any involvement with doping, even testifying before two grand juries that she had always been steroid-free. Then, when the BALCO scandal broke, Jones was again implicated as having been one of the many athletes to use "the Clear."

In a 2004 interview, BALCO founder Victor Conte told 20/20 that he had personally given Jones five different types of performance enhancing drugs before, after, and during the Sydney Olympics. However, Jones had never failed a drug test using the testing procedures of the time, and there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against the athletes.

Finally in October of 2007 she admitted to lying to federal prosecutes investigating the BALCO affair. She was stripped of her five Olympic medals and sentenced to six months in prison and 200 hours of community service.

Marion Jones is now playing in the WNBA playing for Tulsa Shock making the professional minimum, about $35,000

Barry Bonds

Bonds Became tangled up in the steroid scandal when his trainer had be caught with supply steroids to many athletes. In what became known as the BALCO ( Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative) Scandal, Bonds testified that he was unaware that the supplements given to him by his trainer were actually anabolic steroids.

Bonds has always lead a controversial career, he hold many records such as:

• He has a record-setting seven MVP awards, including a record-setting four consecutive MVPs.
• He is a 14-time All Star
• He is a 8-time Gold-Glove-winner. A
• All-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762 and
• The single-season Major League record for home runs with 73 (set in 2001)

What Sports are doing about the issue...

Many sports organizations have banned the use of "performance enhancing drugs" and have established very strict rules and consequences for people who are caught with them. The International Association of Athletics Federations was the first international governing body of sport to take a stance on this serious situation. In 1928 they banned participants from doping but with they little testing available they had to trust the word of the athletes

In 1966 FIFA and Union Cyclists International joined IAAF in fighting against drugs, both were followed by the International Olympic Committee

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). WADA was established to harmonize and coordinate an effective international program to detect, deter, and prevent doping. The United States plays a leadership role in WADA, the United States is the largest funder of the organization and was also recently elected to represent the entire 41-nation region of the Americas on WADA’s Executive Committee

Often in sports random drug testing is conducted, in the Olympics each athlete is tested prior to their event.

Steroids

Steroids have been responsible for many Athletes quick rise to fame with a quick down fall. While Baseball remains the poster child for athletes shamed by their use of performance enhancing drugs, many other sports have become victims to the negative press that comes with steroid users.





The most common steroid used is what is called a Anabolic Steroid, this particular type is use to enhance someone athletic performance. Anabolic Steroids come with several risk, such as:

• Stunted Growth


• Cardiovascular Problems


• Liver Failure


• Aggression ("Roid Rage")


• High Cholesterol


• High Blood Pressure


• Baldness


• Kidney Problems


• Change in your Immune system