What’s Crazier, March Madness or the Fact that Basketball Player Don’t Wear Athletic Cups?

March Madness has started and the NBA playoffs are just around the corner. Which means it’s time to ask the question: why don’t basketball players wear athletic cups?

The answer, according to Dr. Stephen Strup, the chief of urology at the University of Kentucky, is comfort.  Strup, quoted in this ESPN article says it comes down to comfort.

As usual, we disagree with the no-cup ‘cause “it’s not that big of a deal.”  Almost every season a basketball player is out for more than a few minutes—like Manu Ginobili, who took a knee to the groin and needed surgery. It took a month of recovery before he was back in the game.

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