Identifying Issues
After looking at the six steps to identifying an issue, I have come to th eissue of steroids in baseball. As an avid sports fan, I feel like this is a topic that I can relate to and have a lot of fun writing about. This is the first step in identifying an issue as it is something that is important to me. It is something that I feel strongly about and something that has puzzled me ever since the first accusations were brought about. Curiosity presents itself in many different ways with this topic, which is also very good. It will lead me to a lot of different research topics. Looking through some of the literature and works of others, I have found that MANY people think in a different manner than I do. There are a lot of different people that would challenge my stance on the issue. This also allows me to think about the issue in multiple perspectives. Reading through som eof the articles, I find that there are many different aspects of the argument that I never eluded to. Some of the aspects are good and some bad. I agree with many and disagree with others which leaves the option to include and argue the points in my research paper. I look to extend and build on others ideas of steroids in baseball. Many ideas are used to shape these writers arguments including thoughts of the court systems involvement, athletes interests in steroids, the question why would they even do them and so on. These ideas can help me to shape my arguments in that I agree and disagree with the ideas. Some of the arguments will strengthen my argument and some will challenge and I will use them in the correct manner. My audience will be the politicians that find it necessary to pursue this topic through the legal system. I will use language that will persuade them to stop the legal battle with Major League Baseball. I am very interested in this topic, as it deals with sports and the American athlete. I played sports all the way throughHigh School and hope to someday coach. These things are important to me for these reasons. The issue with steroids in baseball is that many believe that they do not belong in the sport or in sports at all for that matter. The issue goes beyond that though. It is now becoming something that is going to court and wasting taxpayers money and time that could be spent on more serious issues that need to be dealt with. My question is, if professional athletes choose to ruin their lives with steroids, why not let them, instead of wasting time and money trying to stop them? If they want to ruin themselves for the entertainment of others, that’s their perogative! After all, it is a parents job to teach their parents right and wrong, not an athletes. I may be looking at this in a completely different aspect than others, but I feel strongly about this! It will be a lot of fun to argue my stance!