The price of victory

The price of victory

• We know that professional athletes live of the results obtained in their sports.

• In many cases these results can not be achieved for several reasons, and that's when they recourse to other mechanisms such as doping substances or other techniques to reach these marks.

What will happen from their head to endanger their lives only by a sports score?

First we have to say that athletes aren't alone, behind them there are a lot of professionals who advise and propose them to perform these illegalities.

• We know many cases of doping in sport, and many will never be discover.

• The most recent and famous was that of Lance Armstrong.

• This confession makes us ask ourselves if other athletes of his generation have also been doped or have competed cleanly.

• We also need to mention that many professional football players who competed in the ‘60, ‘70 and ‘80 in Italian football have diseases that can become of doping, such as ALS.

• These players belong to teams like Genoa, Sampdoria, Inter, or Fiorentina.

• If we analyze these stories we can see much correlation between these athletes.

• Psychologically, these athletes were under pressure which motivated them to perform these actions.

• In the case of the players, many declarations count that, at times, they didn't know what they are being puncturing, and the doctor were the only that know this.

• Since the directive of the equipment and other personalities there were no values that think in the lives of athletes.

• Currently there are more controls, but still many athletes use these substances that help they to win.