Controversy of Athletes using HGH in sports
One of the first benefits of using HGH is that an increase amount of it will increase body fat metabolism. In professional sports, it is rare for an athlete to want body fat. NFL linemen want body fat because it allows them to take up more room, but if a running back has high percentage of body his agility would be affected. Using the HGH hormone would benefit athletes that have to worry about extra weight hurting their performance.
1. Track and Field- So a 100 Meter yard sprinter but on some weight during the off season. Extra fat on him/her would dramatically hurt their performance. The problem they face is that it takes time to burn off body fat. Now the athlete has to make the decision on how he/she will lose the body fat. He/she make think that working harder will burn the fat but in the end the athlete may be physically drained by the time the track meets start. This might take too long for them. Now the option comes up to take HGH. This will help speed up the metabolism and cut the body fat percentage down quickly.
2. Gymnastics, bicycle racing, and wrestling- Obviously weight is a very important part of these events. Extra weight is undesired. The wrestler can't wrestle if he is over weight. Most of the time the wrestler wants to go down a few weight classes and this will help him achieve that goal. Girl's gymnastics career depend on their size. If a girl is too big or has a little extra fat, she can't not be a gymnast. How many times have you seen a girl that was bigger doing the uneven bars? Doesn't happen. Then say a bicyclist is doing a speed competition or a long distances race. Wouldn't you think that the extra weight would cause him to become more tired?
Athletes don't always think of the consequences before they act. They have a huge amount of pressure put on them to win. Losing is not an option. This may result in helping them win, but the athlete's body will be hurt in the long run.
For the Use of HGH
High profiled Athletes-improves their chance to win
Coaches that want to increase the chance of winning-improves their chance to win
Owners of professional teams-puts fans in the seats
Fans-they want to see the best athletes in the world perform at a top notched
level
Against the Use
Natural Athletes-decrease their chance to win, it is cheating
Committees/Boards-against the rules