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Banning HIV positive athletes from sports An announcement made on November 7, 1991 by a the famous basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson had tested positive for antibodies to the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV), that left us and the world pondering whether HIV can be transmitted through professional and amateur sports, especially contact sports. Every newspaper and every locker room around the world had concerns about possible transmission of the HIV during contest. Even before Magic Johnson’s time there was a US Olympic diver by the name of Greg Louganis. Greg had a situation at the 1988 Olympics when he cut his head on the diving board during one of his dives. Louganis’s physician fixed the cut, but did not wear any gloves in the process, a few years later Greg admitted to being homosexual and having HIV. The last famous athlete to be in the spotlight for HIV was professional boxer Tommy Morrison. Morrison tested positive in 1996 for HIV, but not only did he retire from the sport he so loved, Tommy came back and fought one more fight on behalf of those, like himself, were infected with HIV. Within this paper we will discuss the argument for banning HIV positive athletes and the argument against the ban.