It's as much drug abuse to take steroids as heroin or cocaine. When most people imagine drug abusers, their thoughts are of street people living in the gutter. Realistically, these people can't afford drugs, but professional athletes and middle and upper class teenagers can.
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This is a societal deal. We embrace instant gratification. Society is embracing its own addiction to bigger, faster and stronger and winning at all costs. We expect medical technology to give us drugs that make us perform better in everyday life.Steve Courson
It's the intensity of the competition, ... The National Football League should consider having a weight limit to ensure more players will not die.
Steve Courson
When they tell you that you need a new heart or you're going to die, you have time to reflect on the decisions you made in life. Steroids impacted my life in a negative way,
Steve Courson
Athletes didn't invent this stuff. We opened Pandora's box. We're still trying to figure out how to close it. It's bottomless. It's impossible to eliminate them. Let's accept it's inevitable. But don't put athletes on a moral pedestal when it's an absolute joke. Don't speak of purity and ideals. There's too much money invested in performance.
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A lineman's average weight when I played football was around 262 pounds. Today the average is 342 pounds. The players are less athletic which is an intense health risk - especially during hot weather.
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There are cultural obstacles in addressing this. When you really pry under the lid, it is really ugly. We love our sports, and we want them to be this mythical fantasyland. But in our heart of hearts, we know that it isn't, and that's the cultural conundrum.
Steve Courson
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