i reamber back in the day when i first started to play football i would always make sure i had my cup on the coachs would do cup checks with there clip boards and def would never leave out my butt pad . but it seamed as i got older the cup just got in my way made me run funny soo i threw that out then the tail bone pad was never on my tail bone soo it was pointless untill one game this year we got like 3 15 yrd flags and almost got are coach kicked out cause nobody on are team was wearing one excpet the young kids ...do u still wear yours ?? and are tail bone pads really nessacery ??