Friday, April 5, 2013

Prospectus for Essay 4- doping in sports


he issue I am writing about is Lance Armstrong and doping in sports. This issue is only getting worse and it needs to be tended to. Athletes in every sport are either getting away with it or being caught using banned drugs after years of cheating. These athletes are finding ways around the urine test such as taking pills to flush your system or falsifying the urine. A new solution needs to be enforced so the cheating stops. The people who could put an end to doping are the drug agencies. This is my audience because they have the power to make the change and do something about it.

                The solution that I am proposing is the Biological passport. This is a stronger way of detection. This to me is the best possible way because it monitors over time. The passport builds up a profile for each athlete over time to try and detect biochemical changes that might indicate doping. Biological passports to detect steroid and growth-factor doping are the upcoming solution that could end doping in sports. Biological passports are better than urine testing because it is, if not impossible, harder to fool. It is not just a onetime urine test; it monitors your body over time so if the slightest change happens they suspect something. This will decrease the number of athletes that get away with doping. I will build rhetorical appeal by creating ethos with my sources. Logos will be created by my statistics and numbers. Athletes that were truthful but ended up getting second to someone who used performance enhancing drugs could also evoke emotion in the reader. Talking about how children everywhere look at to these athletes that have been cheating will create pathos. I have been writing about this issue since paper two so I am excited to talk about a solution.

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