Drugs in Sport Flashcards
Give 5 sociological reasons for drug-taking
- Win at all costs attitude
- Poor role models
- Belief they can get away with it due to a lack of deterrants
- Fame and fortune attached to winning and success
- Drug taking viewed as acceptable
Give 3 psychological reasons for drug taking
- Beta blockers - used to steady nerves where fine motor skills are required
- Anabolic steroids - used to increase aggression in high contact sports
- Stimulants - used to bolster athletes suffering from a lack of confidence
Give 4 implications of drug taking to the sport
- Threatens the sporting spirit
- Clouds the success of athlete with the suspicion that they must be taking drugs
- It is cheating = negative impact on reputation
- Negative role models for young athletes
Give 5 implications of drug taking to the performer
- Drugs and success can bring fame and fortune if not caught
- Damaging to performers health (steroids = high BP)
- Loss of income/sponsorship
- Athletes can lose their reputation
- Fines, bans, stripped of medals
What is the UKAD
- UKAD (uk anti-doping) is the agency responsible for protecting UK sport from the threat of drug taking and doping
- Educational strategies to educate athletes on dangers of doping
- It administers testing programmes for over 40 sports
- Promote ethical, clean sport via 100% me programme
What is the 100% ME programme?
- Delivered to athletes at all stages of performance pathway
- By positive role models
What does UKAD stand for?
UK anti-doping
Give 3 strategies of how doping and drug taking can be prevented
- Random testing
- Investment is drug detection, technology, science and medicine
- Partnership between WADA and UKAD
What are punishments used against athletes who drug take?
- Longer bans
- Return of lifetime career earnings
- Return of money made through sponsorship
What are 3 problems with drug detection?
- Sometimes difficult to gain access to athletes who are training abroad
- The fact that drugs can be taken accidentally means some individuals will claim innocence despite ultimately being responsible
- Different countries and sports have different regulations
What is ‘DOPING’ - in relation to preventing drugs in sport
D - Drug free culture through education
O - Organisations involved in drug testing/detection
P - Punishments need to be harsher
I - Investment in research required to stay ahead
N - Name and shame role models
G - Guilty lose funding/sponsorship deals
Why should drug taking be legalised? (5 reasons)
- Battle against drugs is expensive and time consuming
- Drugs are easy to access and difficult to eliminate
- If drugs are taken properly, dangers are lessened
- Drugs are sometimes taken accidentally
- Money could be better spent on increasing participation
Why shouldn’t drug taking be legalised? (5 reasons)
- There can be health risks and side effects
- Creates negative role models
- It is cheating
- Only richer countries can afford them
- Drugs give a negative image to sports
