... ban those who don't use drugs", has exactly the reverse opinion than the first two authors. The drug abuse issue is linked in some ways to the debates on commercialism and professionalism of the Olympics and other international sports events. Because appearance fees and prize money typically are performance-related, the argument goes, some athletes worry that abstinence will soon render them uncompetitive at the elite level of their sport, and thus they will miss out on commercial endorsements and other moneymaking opportunities. Nemeth 2 Drug use exists; the problem is that it is dangerous. Athletes should be allowed to use drugs supervised by doctors to avoid the dangerous facts of the doping. The characteristics of self-pressure are not exclusive to people in the sporting field. Competitors set the standards to which an athlete must perform. If an athlete believes that a competitor has obtained some kind of advantage, then the pressure ...

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