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If athletes want to shorten there life by taking steroids let them

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I don't think the players want to shorten their lives. They want a rule agaisnt it so they don't ahve to shorten their lives for a competitive edge. I remember in college studying helmets in the NHL (this was an econ class, so the arguments we looked at most likely were simplified form what really occurred). The players wants helmets to be safer, but it restricted their field of vision so they only wanted to wear a helmet if everyone else had to also.