Blog Week 11

Research Project Outline
Intro:
First, I am going to start my essay with an anecdote. I have a few ideas to start with. I want to captivate the audience’s attention with a strong short story about a famous athlete who has been caught with performance enhancing drugs. My ideas so far include the stories about cyclist Lance Armstrong, or perhaps a baseball player such as Mark McGwire or Barry Bonds.
Having hopefully gotten the audience’s attention with my anecdote above, I would like then formally introduce the audience to my topic and then my thesis. My thesis, as of now, states that professional athletes that take performance enhancing drugs should be banned for life from their respective sport. I will then wrap up my intro and begin the bulk of my essay.
Body:
            Obviously, this is going to be the longest part of my essay. This is where the meat is. I am going to begin my body by providing a brief history of performance enhancing drugs in sport. My main objective here is to provide the audience with information they may not know about how we got to where we are today with drugs in sports. One thing that I want to emphasize is that scientists have always been able to stay one step ahead of testers.
Works Cited
"A Timeline of Performance-enhancing Drugs in Sports." SI.com. Sports Illustrated, 11 Mar.
2008. Web.
Heffernan, Conor. "Drug-taking in Ancient Times." Physical Culture Study. N.p., 02 May 2015.
Web. 
Murray, Thomas H. “The Coercive Power of Drugs in Sports.” The Hastings Center Report, vol.
13, no. 4, 1983, pp. 24–30. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3561718.
Peters, Justin. "The Doctor Who Brought Steroids to America." Slate Magazine. N.p., 18 Feb.
2005. Web. 
Sally Jenkins. “Winning, Cheating Have Ancient Roots." The Washington Post. WP Company,
03 Aug. 2007. Web. 
Slater, Matt. "BBC SPORT | Olympics 2008 Blog." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 
"Testing at the Olympics." The Washington Post. WP Company, 23 Sept. 1999. Web. 

            Next, I would like to provide my reasoning for why athletes should be banned for life. My points here include that taking illegal drugs is illegal, taking illegal drugs is cheating, and taking illegal drugs is immoral. Another argument is that steroids play with our hormone levels and can pose a dangerous threat to athletes physical and mental health.
Works Cited
CNN Explains: Performance Enhancing Drugs. Perf. Elizabeth Cohen. YouTube. CNN, 23 July 2013.
Web. 22 Sept. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0DIY-UDwXA>.
Saunders, Patrick. “Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports Is Sickening.” The Denver Post,
The Denver Post, 3 May 2016, www.denverpost.com/2011/05/25/performance-enhancing-drugs-in-sports-is-sickening/.
Mango, Kirk. “Life Time Ban For Steroid/PED Use: Yes or No?” ChicagoNow Is Full of Win, 24 Oct.
2011, www.chicagonow.com/the-athletes-sports-experience-making-a-difference/2011/10/life-time-ban-for-steroidped-use-yes-or-no/.
Martin, Damon. “Michael Bisping: Performance-Enhancing Drug Users Should Be Banned for
Life.” FOX Sports, 27 May 2015, www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/michael-bisping-performance-enhancing-drug-users-should-be-banned-for-life-052715.

After providing the audience with my reasoning, I am going to provide the opposition. These points include that fans seek entertainment, so if athletes can perform better with the use of illegal drugs, then they should be able to. Others say that athletes are aware of the side effects of these drugs, so if they are ok with the side effects then who are we to say they should not be taking them? I will go into further detail in my rough draft.
Works Cited
Cashmore, Ellis. “Opinion: It's Time to Allow Doping in Sport.” CNN, Cable News Network, 24
Oct. 2012, www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/opinion/cashmore-time-to-allow-doping-in-sport/index.html.
Katz, Jeffrey. "Should We Accept Steroid Use in Sports?" NPR. NPR, 23 Jan. 2008. Web. 
Lemco, Tyler. "Lemco: Why Steroids Should Be Allowed In Sports." CBS Local Sports.
N.p., 9 June 2015. Web. 
Open Court: Performance Enhancing Drugs. Perf. Steve Kerr, Charles Barkly, and Shaquille
O'Neal. NBAA. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2017.
<http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2013/06/05/open-court-performance-enhancing-drugs.nba>.
Tirado, Raymmar. "Is It Time to Say Yes to Steroids in Professional Sports?" The Huffington
Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 05 Nov. 2014. Web.
            Following the opposition, I will provide a rebuttal. I will give my reasons for why the opposition is incorrect, in my opinion. I have more research left to do for this part, but I feel that much of my response will be my own thoughts.

Closing:

            In closing, there are few points that I want to make. I would like to restate my thesis. However, I am going to restate it in a different way from the introduction. I am going to expand on it and word it differently. I am going to propose my solution again, saying that athletes caught with steroids should be banned for life. My last sentence is going to sum up my paper in an effective way, leaving the audience with a lasting impression.

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