2007-08-25 12:52:14 · 14 answers · asked by curious 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
intimidation
2007-08-25 12:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It keeps the glare of the sun or the light from bouncing off the cheek bones and into the eyes... Grant M in Pennsylvania
2007-08-28 18:33:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a sunny day or brightly lit field at night, there is a glare. The black does reduce the glare into your eyes.
2007-08-25 19:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called eye black and it is used to reflect the sun from their eyes
2007-08-25 19:55:50 · answer #4 · answered by redsoxfan2244 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the sun the rays from the sun then reflect from below the eyes instead of in the eyes.
2007-08-25 19:56:04 · answer #5 · answered by englandboy9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too keep the sun from reflecting off of their sweat into their eyes and impairing their vision.
2007-08-25 19:59:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on sunny days, it blocks the light from reflecting into the player's eyes...
i personally used it for intimidation...if you can put on an image, much like pro wrestlers do (i know...lame comparison, but its true...) then you have a psychological advantage over your opponent...
that and when i took my helmet off and went nutz on the sideline, it pumped up the crowd.
2007-08-26 00:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by debo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are used to block the sun. When the sun hits their cheeks, it won't reflect into their eyes. They're like mini sunglasses.
2007-08-25 19:55:05 · answer #8 · answered by Andrea S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To reduce the glare from the sun, it is said that it helps you, and plus it makes it look cool
2007-08-25 19:56:06 · answer #9 · answered by john s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It absorbs the lights from the field and allows them to see better with all that light beaming down on them
2007-08-25 19:55:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep the sun out of their eyes
2007-08-25 19:54:44 · answer #11 · answered by moneyman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋