POYS FOUNDER OFFERS PRESENTATION ON THE RISKS OF USING STEROIDS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES AS WELL AS GROUPS --SEE PRESENTATION REVIEWS
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- Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2022
POYS (Protect Our Youth from Steroids) is offering a presentation on the risks of using anabolic steroids and other illegal performance enhancing drugs/substances.
Attached please find flyer about a presentation Al Thompson offering to give to student-athletes, coaches, school officials and parents about the dangers of steroid use. Thompson is offering to share his experiences as a high school strength coach - Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor, seven years - and also as a former strength sports promoter, a sports journalist and activist.
Please write protectouryouthfromsteroids@aol.com if you want a flyer sent to you.
Thompson doing this to let the athletic community at the grass roots level know about a sports world where young people are abusing themselves with steroids and other illegal PEDs in greater numbers every year and how this can not only hurt their future, but could be fatal...and has far too many times.
The presentation is not only about Thompson's experiences but also about events our youth can get be exposed to where he or she could be recruited to try steroids. Most of the time it is at the qualifiers for major strength events such as:
All Arnold Schwarzenegger events, IMG Worldwide: (owns the "World's Strongest Man" TV competition." "The Arnold," and World's Strongest Man have been rebuked by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for these event's lack of testing for steroids, rampant steroid use and high fatality rate. There are qualifiers for these events in virtually every state in America for these events.
Pro Wrestling. The WWE and AEW continue to conduct their athletic activities nationwide with no credible drug testing for steroids among its performers. Over the years, pro wrestling has been marred with well documented steroid scandals and high fatality rate.
Thompson does bring up specific fatalities of professional strongman competitors who died young after getting involved with Schwarzenegger and IMG, used steroids to advance and died from causes usually associated with steroid use. These fatalities and causes are well documented.
There are six large photos he shows and identifies that are all strongman competitors who played high school football. At the presentations this summer, this is the segment that resonated the most with the audience. Thompson has a personal connection to five of the six competitors he talks about. So, it's personal.
All these strength and bodybuilding events may soon be held accountable criminally through the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act that is now law.
In this country, sports doping at international athletic events is now considered an act of felony fraud. My Nonprofit, POYS (Protect Our Youth from Steroids) is an official endorser of the legislation as are the NFL, NHL, MLB, PGA Tour and all the Olympic teams. In addition to my flyer, please see the letter from the endorsers to congress in 2019 requesting the legislation be presented to the House of Representatives.
Please do not hesitate to call Al Thompson if you have any questions.
Thank you for your time and courtesy with this matter.
Al Thompson
Founder - POYS
Protect Our Youth from Steroids
267-254-4614
REVIEWS OF THE POYS PRESENTATION ON THE RISKS OF USING STEROIDS:
“Mr. Thompson’s presentation was both informative and relevant for today’s high school athlete. With the popularity of social media high school athletes are more likely than ever before to have a distorted view of what a successful athlete looks like.
Through his talk Mr. Thompson was able to connect with students through the use of visual aids, and the sharing of real life experiences during his time covering various sports teams and formerly promoting strong man competitions. It was especially impactful when Mr. Thompson spoke about the pictures of six former high school football players who eventually passed away due to their abuse of steroids. .
I highly recommend Mr. Thompson to come speak with your athletes, families, and school communities to bring attention to the dangers of steroid use.”
-- Casey Ryan, Head Football Coach, Christiana High School, Newark, DE.
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"We recently had Al Thompson speak with our Fall student-athletes about Protecting Our Youth from Steroids. His program was extremely engaging and valuable. All high school athletes could benefit from seeing this eye-opening presentation. Al has a great amount of knowledge and passion on the topic. I highly recommend Al and his POYS program to all potential student-athletes in NJ."
-- Derrick Goduto, Athletic Director Florence Memorial High School, Florence, NJ
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"Excellent program that was well received by our members. We look forward to having Al back in the near future."
-- Robert Morris - Founder and current Speaking Chair for the Rotary Club of Middletown Township, PA.
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"It was an honor to be a part of this educational event. I loved how engaged the students were. Without question there was an awareness brought to these young men and women about the perils of performance enhancing drugs. The ability to connect real life tragedies to the very sports that these student athletes play was powerful. I think the questions that were asked by the students during Al Thompson's presentation was stimulating and powerful. Each audience Thompson spoke with had a unique response to the information presented and I think each one of the student athletes left more aware and prepared."
-- Dr. Sean McMillan, DO - Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Burlington, NJ. Works out of Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Virtua Voorhees Hospital.
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