Cups in SF
MIPrepJock
My thanks to Steve Johnson for running the SF Examiner article. I got so
many e's after my post this summer about which athletes do and do not wear
jocks and cups -- it was nice to see my assertion that few if any college
and pro football players wear cups, er, supported.
Likewise the follow-up from Jockbear about wearing a Cup with nothing
underneath....Yikes! Most College and pro athletes who DO wear cups
(catchers, many pitchers, all hockey and lacrosse players) wear either a
regular jock or at least tight briefs under the cup to keep their nuts in
place. These kids who wear boxers under their cup-jocks either have small,
tight nuts, or no brains.
TheBull31
As a young child playing sports I wore a cup in the traditional
manner(athletic supporter/cup). Once I got into my teens and till today
whenever playing hockey I wear my cup inside a tight pair of briefs. Will
have to try it inside a regular jock and see how it fits. Will let ya
know !
MIPrepJock
Re. the book about the NFL....
Hi, yeah, know the book. Have seen the guy on talk shows when he was
promoting the book. Can't remember the name, either. Inside the NFL? No
diff.
I think you are right, it is not the weight. A cup weighs next to nothing
(I wear one for hockey several time a week in the winter -- have been for
35 years). It is that a simple cost-benefit and risk-reward analysis:
-- by experience they know there are very few times u get hit in the nads
to begin with (low risk)
-- if you do it is usually not so bad (little reward reward/benefit if u
DO wear a Cup);
-- wearing one can cause a lot of pain when u fall prone on the ground;
(high cost)
-- and they are awkward and uncomfortable to run in (high cost)
To say nothing of the macho-gonzo attitude about wearing minimal
protective clothing.
Moreover, if someone tackles you and grabs your cup, moving it even a
little, the pain can be serious. This happened to me more than once in HS
when we were required to were them, tho many of even then often did not,
just a regular jock.
A regular jock actually does a good job of protecting you along with your
thighs (and thigh pads) and is a hell of a lot more comfortable to run in
than a cup to say nothing of how it feels when u fall on the ground.
Hockey and lacrosse are another story. Not wearing a cup is suicide. You
get hit in the groin surprisingly often (risk is high), and taking a puck
or ball at 90+ REALLY hurts, trust me, even with a cup on* (so cost of not
wearing one is high cost) -- to say nothing of a stick or knee. Plus, in
hockey, you are moving at a much righer rate of speed than football and
impacts are much more violent albeit better protected.
Hockey clothing/padding already is bulky and heavy so a Cup is hardly
noticed (low cost).
And you are not getting tackled in hockey (or at least not supposed to be)
so u are not often falling prone on the ice and making a three point
landing with your cup being one of the points (though sometimes u do and
it hurts like hell, not your balls but the bones and tissue the rim of the
cup is resting on.
*wearing a regular jock (or tight briefs) under a cup-jock not only keeps
your balls under the cup, but also further reduces the pain if you DO get
hit in the cup with a puck, trust me. Most youth and even HS coaches don't
seem to know this, or are to embarrassed to tell you, so most guys don't
figure this out til they get to college.
Steve Johnson
In article <19961231020...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
mipre...@aol.com (MIPrepJock) wrote:
>My thanks to Steve Johnson for running the SF Examiner article. I got so
>many e's after my post this summer about which athletes do and do not wear
It was an interesting article, but I can't take credit for posting
it! <smile>