Black dashes below eyes of baseball, football, hockey players??

Question

Hey, i really often see football, baseball or hockey players have those black marks below their eyes. are those for shades or smth? and what is the liquid or substance they use?

Answer 1

I use eye black for Gaelic football and I swear by the stuff-- it really helps cut glare on a bright day. Mine looks like a thing of black lipstick, only thicker, but you can also find those weird stick-on eye black patches too.

Answer 2

It keeps the light from reflecting off your cheeks. Sunlight in the eyes is bad, not good.

Footballers have been doing it for nearly 100 years. I tried it. I didn't notice a difference, but I was too busy trying to stay alive to ponder the concept.

Today, I think it's more about taking a good photograph.

Answer 3

I've never seen it on hockey players...just those who play out in the sun. it can either be tape or kinda like a grease paint. To keep the sun out of the eyes.

Answer 4

It's a type of wax or grease called eye black and it's used to cut the glare from bright light and help with vision.

Answer 5

its eye black that reflects the sun and it can be bought at any sports store. It comes in a little black stick that looks like chapstick. Just go and ask for eye black

Answer 6

What is your question exactly? If you're asking if you're supposed to put a line under each eye, then yes. The purpose of this is to cut down on glare.

Answer 7

It's used to keep the shade from their eyes. I have used it a few times and it works.

Answer 8

It stops the light from reflecting off of your cheekbone and blinding you (black absorbs light, so none reflects).

Answer 9

it acts of a pair of sungalsses, it reflects sun light and it works

Answer 10

cust glare