Athletes getting caught with drugs. How does this happen?  

It happened many times. Even in the Olympic games. Therefore, what you read in the article is just one of them. There are those athletes and coaches who want to win at all cost even if it drives them to use prohibited drugs. This is the downside of sports. I think that athletes, and anyone who are involved with sports should altogether avoid using prohibited drugs!

Maybe it's because their inner frat boy comes out in them again and they get the urge to do something stupid or to show off how cool they are. I'm sure that athletes on the professional level get very egotistical when it comes to getting drunk just like the way they are in sports. On drugs though there are people that just like drugs and want to do them everywhere they can because it makes everything feel better. They keep getting caught because they are famous and are constantly being followed by someone everywhere.

It's not just athletes as I have seen first hand that there are everyday plain jane that have been caught doing the same thing. So why should Jones be the center of scrutny. Just because he is a professional athlete doesn't mean that he isn't human. He is just like us but put in an all star nfl player. People get caught because it is in their vehicle since you do have to transport it from point a (being the dealers meet up location) to point b (taking it home). Maybe he was doing it in his vehicle because he doesn't want his family to know. There are many reasons why he was doing it in his vehicle.

Some of these guys think just because they got lots of money they can do what they want when they want and dont care aboutthe laws. Alot of guys think moneyis everything and with money no one can bothe them because they can bail themselves out of trouble.

I think most athletes who achieve star status may have been pampered to the point that they think the rules do not apply to them. They are after all the royalty of America, sharing the spotlight with movie stars and the rare politician. There are some privileged in American society, the attractive, the rich, and the famous. Sometimes you can morph one into the other. Like Tom Cruise is attractive but a terrible actor but he is rich because of his looks and now is famous because of his looks. Paris Hilton is rich and attractive and is now famous because of the other, she has no talent for anything other than being famous for essentially no reason.

Admittedly most athletes tend to gain fame and fortune on talent alone, but usually need a drug boost to get them ahead of the competition that is also using drugs to get ahead. Somewhere along the way all that privilege and money and fame breeds a sense of entitlement though.

the athletes use the drugs to make them excited.they can get a better merits after taking the drugs .but it is unfair for other ones ,so the Olympic committe forbide them to use it .if it is examed ,the athelet will be pubnished for using it.they can't take part in the game in the coming two games .

Its a part of many athletes i believe. i am no athlete but i heard about one thing. there are concentrated foods that almost every sports persons take. of course what they take will differ. it is said that taking such a food (some type) and doing gym works increases the prohibited hormone level in the body. even such food items have to be avoided. but the food actually does not have anything bad. in such cases some will have the residues left in them to get them caught.

Sports administrations have this quaint idea that sportsmen should be examples for the youth of today to aspire to, and so that come down heavily on them for recreational drug and alcohol abuse. I don't have a problem with the law clobbering them, that's only as it should be. But I do think it's extremely naive of the sports people to take this attitude, since surely they should know better than most that these sportsmen are, with some exceptions, nothing more than a bunch of immature, not very bright, arrogant louts who happen to have one very marketable skill and no brains to back it up. Role models? My a$$.

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Why? They are treated like Gods, like heroes and they think they can do no wrong. Why would the law have anything to do with Gods and heroes?

We treat sports people like they can do no wrong. Often they are just ordinary people with sports skill and the attention, the adoration goes to their heads. They start to believe the hype but the stress gets to them and the next thing you know you have a sports player on heroin and he has problems.

They do not see it as a crime just as part of the scene. They get caught in the net and then it all goes wrong and they do not understand what is happening. Much the same as rock stars.

I know, I heard about this story too. I think many athletes are under a lot of pressure to perform well which is why they either go crazy and go on shootouts or get drunk or high haha. But seriously, some drugs help them become "better" sportsmen or individuals. it's sad though because drugs isn't the real cure, it just gives temporary aid. And you have to remember that athletes are human too. I'm not saying that we ought to cut them some slack, but since they're just like us, you can't expect them to not do drugs just because of their profession.