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winning at all cost

Winning at all Cost

He is at the 40, the 30, the 20, the 10, the 5, TOUCHDOWN!!! Can you imagine the joy of having 100,000 people shouting your name and cheering as loud as they could just for you? The adrenaline rush one receives when playing in front of large crowds is an irreplaceable feeling that only popular athletes experience. Nearly 200 American athletes who were aspiring for the Olympics were asked if they would take a banned substance that would guarantee them victory in every competition for the next five years, but at the end of those five years it would cause their death. More than half said they would take it. (Henslin). Over years with the evolution of football, the pressure on athletes has grown to its highest level ever. The public eye is on these athletes all hours of the day, which creates such an intense atmosphere never seen before. The feeling of satisfying those thousands of fans is becoming more and more addicting. Because of this phenomenon, “naturalâ...

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