What exactly is the purpose of spandex shorts for sports?

More room for flexibility? Perverted coaches??? lol who knows :P

Mainly, they are used in sports because they keep your muscles warm to prevent muscle strain and fatigue, keep sweat away from the body to prevent chafing and rashes… and they are known to enhance athletic performance.

Also, for males, they are used to keep their genitalia in place.

Nah it’s a girl.

Haha well we wear it UNDER our shorts. Soo that doesn’t really make sense

so n ones sees your ass when you fall

well in some sports like softball we wear them to prevent/lessen cutting up your legs/butt when we slide, the girls in my school use them under our tennis skirts/dresses because uhh they are skirts and we are running around (see the issue?), and in other physical sports (like basketball)alot of times we wear them because it is more comfortable under shorts because it reduces friction from our regular shorts (idk if thats why but its more comfortable)…. i guess if your small and worried about your uniform shorts being too big it would solve that problem too… oh and if you pull any muscles in your thigh they help/feel really good from the extra pressure on the pulled muscle…

Better maneuverability, less wind resistance, safety, it all depends on your sport.