In the world of sports, especially at the professional level, athletes use every advantage they can to remain competitive. Glare from the sun or stadium lights can interfere with performance by reducing contrast between targets of interest and their background, for example, a ball moving through a crowded stadium.Methods to reduce this glare have been developed, and currently the most common is wearing eye-black grease or black adhesive strips (an alternative to the grease) under the eyes.
A study into why athletes use eye black.
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If you look at the faces of some of these athletes, however, you can see the black streak is well below the crest of the cheekbone, facing forward rather than upward and thus offering no glare protection for the eyes.
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