I always wondered what is it for!
2006-10-19 02:59:10 · 15 answers · asked by myfavanswer 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
It's called EYE BLACK!
It is often used by baseball and football players, where sunlight or stadium lights can impair vision of an airborne ball.
Traditional grease consists of beeswax, paraffin, and carbon.
Patented antiglare stickers that emulate the grease are also manufactured, sometimes with a sports team logo printed on.
2006-10-19 03:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by Moebuggy 3 · 12⤊ 0⤋
It was originally used to stop the glare from the sun. It glares off your cheeks. At this point, most use it for the look. this is evident by the fact that most wear it on night games and they the strip goes across the nose too. It only really works for baseball players. Their hat keeps the sun off their eyes, but then the sun would still glare off the cheeks.
2006-10-19 05:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's called sun stop or eye glare. It's design to keep the sun out or just brightness from eyes.Really doesn't work well. It's more or less just because it looks cool. They have it in a tube you use your finger to apply or a stick form you can use. The most popular ones are the stickers. They do work to a point on just minimizing glare but if you to look up in to the sun they serve no purpose.
2006-10-19 04:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by joeberry05 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think this is the most asked question in this category. It's called eyeblack and helps keep the glare out of the players' eyes.
2006-10-19 04:09:15 · answer #4 · answered by chloe 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
its usually just face paint or war paint. sometimes its a sticker its used to lessen the glare, and for intimidation factor
i wear facepaint when i play and smear it into patterns to be intimidating or because the team does it
2006-10-19 03:11:48 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew P 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a coal powder. It's the modern ages war colors. It keeps down the glare from the sun, the lights, you know.
2006-10-19 03:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by Borat2® 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Its to keep the glare from the sun from blinding them...lol..i dont know what it's called though
2006-10-19 03:00:23 · answer #7 · answered by CRYSTAL S 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
just a face paint
Keeps the glare out of their eyes when its sunny and
..looks cool?
2006-10-19 03:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by Kbailey 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
tape of shine-out. it's to reduce glare on their glistening cheeks.
2006-10-19 03:00:38 · answer #9 · answered by The Indigo Cobra 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I wear it to my football games. It is just face paint and it keeps glare out of your eyes and it looks good and makes you look intemidating. i am a quarter back
2006-10-19 03:05:17 · answer #10 · answered by IoWnYoUsObAd 2 · 3⤊ 6⤋