NFL Footballers sometimes have Black ink under their eyes...
 

Isn't it to prevent glare or something? From sweat?

Its to stop the glare from the sun that reflects off your cheek bones into your eyes

It's called "eye black".

Okay, Thank you guys :y:

Yeah he just prevents galre from the sun, and for intimidation.

I wore those Mueller eye black stickers or whatever they are called for my last game ever. I dunno, its pretty much all for looks.

I dunno it helped me in baseball as an OF

John Randle's was prolly for looks though

Yea maybe it does I dunno. I wore it when it was cloudly out and a lotta kids on my team wore it for night games and shit.

I wasn't big on the actual eye black becuase I was always worried it was gonna get in my eyes and I wear contacts so I figured that would be some trouble.

Yeah wore it in baseball, helps a lot

NAH ITS JUST SOMETHING STUPID THAT GIRLIE FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO, KINDA LIKE PADS AND A HELMET!!! :ROLL:

Yeah if they were tough they would play without all that and die

Then they could be REAL MEN

If I was Ray Lewis I would wear war paint.

What's with the tape on the nose?

Something about helping the breathing.

Eye black is gay. Just wear sunglasses (or visor for football) if the sun is really that bad

Jim McMahon with that dark visor looked cool :y:. That and that white karate thing around his head= ratings

Like Ferret said, it supposedly opens up the airways to improve breathing.

<a href="http://www.breatheright.com">Breathe Right</a> is the top company for those, I think. There's probably some scientific stuff on there about why it works, but I'm lazy.

Yeah I wore sunglasses in the outfield mostly. If I was playing infield I had eye black

sunglasses in the outfield are the best invention ever. :y:

Yes it is. Helped me out a lot.

How is it gay?

Visors are expensive as shit, and in some HS leagues you can't even wear dark visors, only clear ones. Plus, they get all dirty and shit, they are a huge pain in the ass.

Like I said, for football, a lot of guys just wear them for looks I guess. Like wearing wristbands up near your elbows and shit. Doesn't really do anything, just for looks