Berneking.M.Mod1.blogpost1
Summary:
Martin believes that although performance enhancers are
cheating and do alter and harm the sport, the greatest damage done is to the
athlete who uses them (580-82).
Paraphrase:
Sports have been passed down as a competition between,
more or less, ordinary people, but with the introduction of steroids to the
equation that simplicity has been put at risk and become a cause of great grief
to those who love sports. Martin
believes, however, that it is the athletes who use these potentially deadly
drugs who truly suffer (582).
Direct Quote:
Martin concludes, “Athletes are as free as other people
to make mistakes and suffer the consequences; in short, they are humans like
the rest of us.” (582) I chose this
particular remark because it basically echoes what I have learned in church and
from the Bible. Also, I believe that it
really sums up a lot of life; we cannot make others’ choices for them, and we
cannot protect them from everything that results because of those choices.
