COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — New research conducted for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency finds that Americans rank the use of performance-enhancing drugs as the most serious problem facing sports today.
USADA commissioned a study that surveyed about 9,000 Americans — including adults, children, athletes, coaches and teachers — to measure the impact sports has on values and culture in the U.S.
The study released Tuesday found that 75 percent of adults surveyed agreed that athletes’ use of performance-enhancing drugs is a violation of ethics in sports. They ranked the use of PEDs as most serious problem in sports, followed by the focus on money and criminal behavior of well-known athletes.
Nearly 90 percent of adults surveyed agreed that well-known athletes have a responsibility to be positive role models for young people.
