How will regulating PED's affect the athletes?

Josh Whitman (Source: Illinois News Bureau)

While it is the belief among many that steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in the use of sports is cheating and "unethical", it is also fair to say that many of the people that have this view probably don't play sports, or at least at too high of a level. The man pictured above, Josh Whitman, is the current Athletic Director at the University of Illinois Champaign and is also a former NFL tight end. 

In an article he wrote published by Illinois News Bureau, he talked about the take high level athletes had on PED's. " It is both unrealistic and arguably unfair to ask athletes to protect themselves from the innate parts of their own character that we cheer so heartily while they are within the competitive arena". To break this down, Whitman is essentially saying that why should we care what these athletes are doing when in reality we love seeing them make extraordinary plays on the field. Whitman went on to say that as an athlete, "your primary goal and the only goal is to win". Players should be able to do whatever they want/need to in order to accomplish this goal.

While Institutions being my economic policy, I would like to say that I agree with Whitman that having PED's banned in sports is stupid and quite unfair to athletes themselves.