A local high school athlete revealed a shocking practice in a local varsity football. Apparently, their coaches are promoting the use of legal supplements that allows them to gain more muscle bulk and enhance their performance. These supplements serve as alternative to anabolic steroids and also act as pro hormones.

From Las Vegas Now:

A varsity football player says coaches are encouraging players to turn to quick fix, “What they’ll do is know it’s going on, but they won’t say anything bad about it, like, ‘You should stop that.’ They’ll act like it’s not going on.”

Due to fear from what his team will think, the athlete chose to remain anonymous. The problem is that the entire team, teammates and coaches alike, pressure him to take the supplements are strong. Although the coaches claim that the supplement will do them good, they want everyone to keep it a secret. Everyone knows what’s happening but no one is telling anyone to stop.

A parent who found about this was rather shocked at how their coaches handled things and chose to report this to Nutritionist Michael Konowalski. The later said that the coaches are giving out the wrong message. They are, in fact, promoting a quick fix to improving one’s body. Even if it is not steroid use, these supplements tells the student athletes that it’s okay to use such things—that the end (or rather, the championship) is more important than the means.

Local officials plan to talk to Konowalski in order to make plans on how to address this problem.

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