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Football players typically don’t wear cups. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/sports/football/helmet-check-shoulder-pads-check-cup-no-thanks.html https://www.

• SoftTalker 3y ago
  Well then their pants seem to bunch everything up and thrust it forward.
• elgenie 3y ago
  They’re wearing jockstraps, which have the affect of a codpiece even when the player eschews the additional protection of the hard insert (aka “cup”). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockstrap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockstrap
• walthamstow 3y ago
  In cricket even women wear them!
  • skc 3y ago
    Why?
    • walthamstow 3y ago
      Same reason. I'm not an expert but I don't think taking an 80mph cricket ball on the lips is much fun either.
    • Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
      Because getting kicked in the pubic bone hurts women too. /r/ItHurtsGirlsToo /r/OuchMyFlaps