"So confident is he in the Nutty's design that a forthcoming law enforcement version will merely utilize bullet resistant material while maintaining the same geometry (and, yes, before you ask, he seriously plans on taking a bullet to prove it works)"
little league dad 1: "my son's got 'the boss'"
little league dad 2: "mine's sportin the mongo. your son's a little bitch"
little league dad 3 : "SQUASH THE BUG BILLY"
Anyway, my children were saved by one of those things once. A direct hit to it will probably still drop you to your knees (or in my case, lying on the ground for an hour) but atleast my balls survived. :p
the major fail of cups is that they can't be worn for sports that require sitting, like motorcycle riding/racing, even though the risk of testicular damage in a motorcycle crash is high (squish a nut on the tank, or take a shot from the handlebars).
I actually own a Nutty Buddy. The video and the humor involved in the marketing sold me. I use it for both Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu training and I gotta say it's a definite improvement over the standard cup.
about a month ago i learned this the hard way. our baseball team was playing a non conference game and i was up to bat; my coach signaled me to bunt, and the son of a bitch pitcher knew exactly what was going on, so he threw it wayyyy inside. this guy was throwing gas so before i had time to pull back, i tipped the ball straight into my balls. had to go to the emergency room at the hospital across the street. came out with a bruised inner thigh and hematoma in the right nut. the ultrasound was great though.