Technology in sports

Sports have always been about competition. Whether it's one on one or a team sport, it has always been about who is the best competitor, but lately in some sports, it's about who's equipment gives them the best advantage.

In baseball, it seems we are just leaving the steroid era. Steroids were intergrated into the game by people who wanted to take the easy way to success instead of do the hard work that it takes along with the natural skill to get better. At first it was just steroids, but when the MLB started enforcing policies on steroids, developers started coming up with new ways for players to take performance enhancing drugs without being caught. They came out with "the clear", a human growth hormone (HGH) that was not detectable by the methods that the MLB was using.

In swimming, they had the "super suits" controversy and they have now been banned. The suits made the swimmers too aerodynamic and because of it, records kept getting broken and people were complaining that it was too much a product of the suit than real talent. Michael Phelps refused to wear the suit because he believe that if he broke any more records, they would then be tainted because of the suit.

In NASCAR, this is very prevelent. Though NASCAR isn't a true sport, it does take a degree of skill to drive like they do, but its not always the best driver that wins, most of the time it's the best car.

Golf is a sport where the equipment is making mostly a generational difference instead of giving players unfair advantages. Most players in the PGA have the best clubs and equipment they can get.