>Incidentally, why do gridiron players paint black stripes across their cheeks, under the helmet?
- To reduce the sun's glare
- To reduce the glare off the sweat that collects on the players's cheekbones
- To look scary
Points of interest (although maybe only to me) :
The stripes aren't just for American Football anymore...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/turkey/squad/newsid_1782000/1782888.stmThe American Kestrel has something similar naturally.
http://www.kyraptors.org/new/kestrel.htm"The dark hood on the Kestrel’s head is characteristic of a falcon, and it is believed to work in conjunction with the malar stripes beneath their eyes to reduce sun glare, much like the shoe polish that football players put under their eyes."
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