As an effort to improve their own national teams' performances to snag the World Cup title this year, it has been reported that several head coaches had laid down the law on their players' sexual activities ahead or during the tournament, The New York Magazine reported. It is no doubt that the rules were for the best, considering the amount of energy players get to spend in gigantic stadiums amid a backdrop of sometimes rowdy fans and critics adding to the pressure.
Quartz said that researchers has already debunked the theory about sex as an influential physical factor to an athlete's performance. On the other hand, coaches remained to be unconvinced about the science dismissing the theory. As of writing, the national team members of Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile and Mexico appeared to have been barred from taking part in sexual activities. The national teams of Germany and Spain had only imposed a relaxed rule on engaging in sex.
The other national teams who have been allowed to have sex at least up until the night before a crucial match, are those representing the countries of US, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Uruguay and England. Quartz has yet to find any reports of the policy of the following national teams regarding engaging in sexual activity: Japan, Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Greece, Honduras, Iran, Cote d'Ivoire, Portugal, Ghana and Korea.
On the other hand, several national World Cup teams have gone the lengths of providing details of which at what point sex is banned. New York Magazine said that the French players has been banned from sexual activities that last all night, while the Nigerian team only allows sex with their official spouses. Brazilians, on the other hand, are allowed to have sex as long as they do not entail "acrobatic" skills.
