Subscriber Account active since. Perhaps you've also heard that "cold" is an understatement. In weather like that, the beer in the stands can freeze before it's consumed. In weather like that, your hands go numb, your chest tightens, and just breathing the air can cause a burning sensation. It's just not weather designed for human beings. And, yet, they will play football in this weather, because the NFL doesn't cancel games that are too cold. And crazier still, many of the people playing in today's game will be out there in short sleeves, thin spandex pants, a jock strap, some pads, a t-shirt, a helmet, socks, shoes, and nothing else. Three reasons: 1.
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A friend of mine, a woman who's a lawyer, asked the big question on a Monday morning after a day of watching the NFL on TV: Why can't they make uniforms so that Lawrence Taylor's underwear doesn't show through his pants? I had often wondered that myself. When an NFL equipment man told me he had thought about it, too, I figured all of America wanted to know but didn't know who to ask. I mean, there they were, week after week, bunches of football players wearing snowy-white spandex pants, derrieres up toward the camera, jockstraps shining through. The degree of jockstrap visibility is directly related to skin color.
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Strange as it might seem, however, N. I think most guys like to hang out and be free. Linebacker Mark Herzlich paused for a moment, then shook his head. But not since. My mom made me wear one back then. Giants quarterback Eli Manning laughed — for several seconds — when the subject was posed to him. Then he composed himself and recalled that his only interaction with groin sanctuaries in football was when one of his teammates in eighth grade wore a cup. Having the cup there, it hurt my hand.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Being kicked in the groin in an occupational hazard, but players never go for cups as we found out Sunday. On the first play of the Denver Broncos - Miami Dolphins game, Broncos linebacker got hit in the groin. In medical terms, he got "drilled in the balls. This led a writer for Mile High Report to tweet: "Von will be fine, took a hard hit to the "groin area" that's--why you should always wear a cup folks.
