Don't call me a jock!!! In fact you can no longer refer to athletes as "jocks". Hardly any of them wear jocks anymore. Yes, the jockstrap(that thick elastic waistband with a suspended pouch in the front connected at its triangular base to a pair of of straps across your ass) is passe. The jockstrap provided "protection" and held everything in place.
The jockstrap was worn by every boy or man that played sports and therefore was called a "jock". But in the mid-90's, the jockstrap began to fade as the "protection" of choice and was replaced by spandex "compression shorts". Now every guy that plays sports wears spandex instead of the jockstrap. The new "look" is more comfortable than its predecessor and has all but eradicated "jock itch"(don't ask).
Jockstraps are still worn by some baseball and hockey players. But they wear them over their spandex. Why? Well the jock also offered a way to insert a "protective cup" into a specially designed pocket in the strap. And baseball players and hockey players need the extra protection a cup can provide. Take a hardball wearing only spandex and I'll show you a guy with a real high pitched voice. And that's after he starts to breathe again!!! Actually some of the new spandex shorts now have a front pocket for the "extra protection" when required.
A moment of silence please, for the jockstrap, gone the way of the single-bar facemask, $2.00 beer and "cheap seats".
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