There is nothing like being victorious on the field, field or track after countless hours of hard work have paid off. When you know you deserve it and you've done everything to earn it fairly. Well, that feeling seems to be happening less and less these days as many athletes go too far to win. Many of them cheat, lose all their achievements because they cheated, and even ruin the sports that so many of us love to play and watch. Why do people cheat? It seems like everyone does it. “We have scientists and professors who cheat, journalists who cheat, lawyers who cheat and CEOs who cheat.” (Griffin, Morgan) Many athletes also cheat these days. There are many reasons why these people cheat. Some do it to become rich in a society where it is becoming more and more difficult to do so every day. “Some people cheat to become famous. Take Rosie Ruiz, who was for a short time the women's winner of the Boston Marathon in 1980. But it turned out - although Ruiz denied it - that she hadn't run the race at all and she had probably slipped 800 meters from the finish line. (Griffin, Morgan) But the number one reason people cheat, whether it's an athlete or a politician, is to win. To gain an unfair advantage over your opponent, many of these people win. It happens at almost every level of sports, from little league to the big leagues, from Grid Kid to the NFL, there are people who win because they cheated everywhere and that's wrong. Someone who has put in honest work and effort should not be beaten by someone because that person cheated, but in the end the cheater almost always loses. They can enjoy their glory and their trophy, but it usually doesn't last long. Many athletes did everything they could... middle of paper ...... that's one thing. Many athletes go too far and harm the game we love to watch and play, but it comes at a price as they lose all the rewards they had earned and cheating becomes more and more common. All this just to win, but when 10 years later their reputation is ruined and all their awards are gone, was it really worth winning at all costs? Works Cited Griffin, Morgan. “What makes people cheat?” » WebMD. No. Web. March 15, 2014. Magee, Andrew. “The Life of Lance.” Daily mail. Daily mail. 11/18/13. Internet. March 15, 2014 McNeal, Stan. “Barry Bonds became the face of cheating in sports for one simple reason: he tainted the most important record in American sports.” SportingNews.com. Sports news. 11/26/2007. Internet. March 15, 2014. “The year the cheaters paid the price.” Hoffer, Richard, Sports Illustrated, 12/31/2007. Internet. March 15 2014.