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Spring is harvest season, and just as we can see the athletes on the basketball court doing their best to win, the athletes on the basketball court will also take measures to protect their own health and the health of others.
In recent years, there has been a strange phenomenon in the NBA, that is, at the beginning of each season, teams will put some boxes in the locker room, and the boxes are full of condoms.
As longtime fans, we may think it's a reward for athletes, but as new spectators, people will wonder why there are so many free condoms on the NBA court.
In this article, we will answer this question and explore why athletes use condoms during competitions.
1. Condom distribution worldwide.
The free distribution of condoms at major sporting events such as the NBA is not a new phenomenon, having first appeared at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, an Australian athlete found out that his condom had expired during a competition and turned to the organizing committee for help.
The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee immediately distributed new condoms to the Australian delegation after learning of the situation, and the organizing committee staff also explained to the Australian athletes when and how to use the condoms.
Unexpectedly, among the athletes in the Australian delegation, not only only did one athlete have expired condoms, but also a considerable number of athletes did not know how to use condoms.
This was a headache for the coaches of the Australian delegation, who were responsible not only for the physical health of their athletes, but also for the behavior of their athletes outside, so they immediately approached the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee and asked the organizing committee to distribute condoms to all Australian athletes.
The organizing committee of the Seoul Olympics immediately distributed a large number of condoms to the athletes of the Australian delegation after learning of the request of the Australian delegation.
Unexpectedly, although the athletes of the Australian delegation knew what a condom was, they did not know how to use a condom at all, which made the staff of the organizing committee very difficult.
As a result, the staff of the organizing committee had to explain the use of condoms to the athletes of the Australian delegation while explaining to them how to use condoms, which made the staff of the organizing committee very embarrassed.
But unexpectedly, this incident was seen by another staff member of the Seoul Olympics, who believed that the athletes of the Australian delegation were not without condoms, but had not received sex education, so he made a suggestion that the organizing committee should distribute condoms to all athletes, and at the same time do a good job of sex education for them.
The organising committee's suggestion resonated with others, and at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, all athletes were able to receive free condoms and sex education from the organising committee.
Unexpectedly, this initiative has been emulated by other sporting events, and now most major sporting events such as the NBA, NHL, NHL, MLB, MLS, and MLS will place free condoms for athletes in the locker room, and these condoms are provided by the organizing committee.
According to statistics, the NBA has the largest condom consumption of all major sporting events, with nearly 400,000 condoms being collected in the NBA every season, including not only players but also some staff.
And some of the condoms in the NBA are purchased by the teams themselves, and the number of these condoms is far more than the condoms provided by the tournament organizing committee.
According to statistics, the number of condoms received by players in the NBA each year is about 2.2 per person per day, which may not seem like a lot, but if we consider that players don't use condoms every day, then this number is a bit much.
In the NBA, about 60% of the way players use condoms is externally and 40% is internal, which means that most athletes in the NBA use condoms after the game, not during the game.
But why is it that in the NBA, athletes in the small ball program receive condoms in many more condoms than athletes in other sports, and athletes in Europe and the United States receive more condoms than athletes in Asian countries.
2. Reasons why athletes use condoms.
In the NBA, athletes in the small ball program receive more condoms than athletes in other sports, because in the small ball event, it is more dependent on physical contact to score points, and this type of play often leads to injuries during the game, and it also causes the athletes to feel some discomfort with their bodies during the game.
Therefore, in the NBA, a considerable number of athletes will choose to use condoms after the game to protect their physical health, and at the same time prevent their bodies from being harmed.
Athletes in Europe and the United States receive more condoms than athletes in Asian countries, because people in Europe and the United States are more open to sexual aspects and have received more sex education, so they pay more attention to their sexual health.
In Asian countries, people are more conservative about sex than in Europe and the United States, so they have less need for condoms than athletes in Europe and the United States.
In fact, many athletes in the NBA use condoms after the game, because in the NBA, every game is a brutal competition, and as athletes, they will do their best to win.
And when it's time to play, their attention is drawn to the game, so they don't have time to think about other things.
After the competition, when the athletes calm down, they will recall the game just now, which can often stimulate the hormone secretion in the athlete's body, so they often need to use condoms after the competition.
At the same time, athletes feel exhausted after the competition, and they don't have the energy to take care of other things at this time, so they often choose to use condoms after the competition.
However, in the NBA, there are also some athletes who use condoms during games, because in the NBA, some people choose to use condoms during games in order to better integrate into the atmosphere of the game.
III. Conclusion.
Condoms can also be collected or sold as souvenirs, which also shows people's enthusiasm for major events, but also shows people's cherishing of special souvenirs.
But as a contraceptive, the role behind it is very large, in sports events, people on the use of condoms by athletes to make statistics, in fact, this is to better study the impact of different cultural backgrounds and different sports on sexual concepts and behavior, and these data are also worthy of our further research and attention.