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

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?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    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.

  • 1 decade ago

    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.

  • 1 decade ago

    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.

  • 1 decade ago

    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.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    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

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    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.

  • Javi
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

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

  • 1 decade ago

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

  • 1 decade ago

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

  • 1 decade ago

    cust glare

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