To be the best in America today is often to some people the only thing that

matters. This is especially true in the world of sports where big money and big egos are

constantly waging battle to show who is the best and the biggest. Often times however

there are those athletes who want to take things a step further, and that means steroids. It

is for this reason that we believe that in the spirit of fair competition, community college

athletes should be tested for performance enhancing drugs deemed illegal by the National

Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

In this day and age, athletes have become some of the most respected and sought

after members of our society. Salaries of professional athletes are constantly skyrocketing

to new levels, while the growing fan base continues to support it. Why have sports

become so intriguing to our society? Perhaps it is the fact that athletes are bigger,

stronger, and faster than ever before. They can perform at a much more competitive level

and achieve previously unattainable goals. Some of this can be contributed to the

evolution of man and sports, but many concede that performance enhancing drugs seem to

the most weight. In an effort to become the best athlete that one can be, some turn to

the bodybuilding community as well as other sports athletes. Since the advent of this

Allen, Bill. Personal Interview. December 3, 2000

if your hair is that long. This test is a good choice for the NCAA but it is time consuming

effective. Coach Allen noted that performance enhancing drugs have been abused by

they know before hand they are going to be tested. The method that is currently preferred

clean depends on their fatty tissue count, speed of their metabolism, strength and amount

period, which will only show drugs if an athlete had taken them in the last couple of hours.

altius, fortius is a Latin phrase meaning "swifter, higher, stronger", and it has been the

on a case by case basis, and we deal with each athlete in the appropriate manner,” says

Craig Medical.

subject. Because of the cost NCAA can only test randomly and not all the athletes. A

topical creams. However the method the results are generally the same and that is that

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