At the start of the season i wore a prizm visor but evey few games certain refs would have me take it off even though you can barely tell so eventually I stoped wearing it and just let one of our LBs wear it and the refs never had a Problem with it They also did not let anyone wear eyeblack unless it was just 2 solid lines
Yeah, that's what I remember too. That's why our team managers didn't want us wearing them. At the Pro level, you wear whatever your sponsor, team or the league allows you.
I live in Missouri and the Shoc prism pink visor i wore my entire sophomore year and no one said anything so i think your point as long as you can see your eyes is valid 👍🏻
I play in the second highest women football league here in germany. tinted visors are just allowed since the start of this season. before that we were just allowed to wear clear ones. I'm wearing the shoc zero g northern lights now because it is definitely a game changer in sunny weather. on cloudy days I wear the oakley pro prizm clear because I still want to protect my eyes with the contact lenses in them
If you ask me, I agree with him about the visors like how do the rules say "We need to see players eyes in case of concussions" when you can see if a kid or adult is laying out on the ground cold out of common sense. Still at least allow athletes to wear slightly tinted or colored as a way to express themselves in those colors and not make all leagues "No-Fun" like the NFL. Furthermore, like sauce gardener said "If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good. If you play good, they pay good." plus it's just drip
because if the player is knocked out cold the doctors still need to check for pupil dilation by shining light into their eyes... which is impossible through a tinted visor.
I agree with you cause players wanna look swaged out for their warmups and all that. Tbh I think players should be able to wear whatever visor they want in game cause why not. Look good play good right? It’s also kind of a refs job to be that man or woman to get on the players nerves tbh
That's true! I can understand in games, not being able to see the eyes through a blacked out visor in case of an emergency could be a problem. But in warmups, look good and feel good!
I wear a Oakley Prizm clear (the pink “tint”) in the State of Michigan, the MHSAA states that the visors/shields have to be completely clear, I been wearing the Prizm for about 2-3 with zero issues. This may not apply to other states but I hope this helps.
We appreciate your comment! We hear a lot that even with the "clear rule" a lot of athletes get away with a slightly mirror/tinted visor, so that's cool to hear!
Even before watching this video, those comments are really stupid Tinted visors can be used by collectors just for aesthetics on helmets that will never see the color of a field in their lives, during training sessions and even in games since some leagues allow them I don't even think these people deserve a video to explain anything.
I remember playing in High School in Florida in the early 2000s I never got a straight answer. We were told not to use them by the Team Management. I think at the time only clear was allowed. Playing in college in NAIA it was not really enforced (I only wore Thigh pads, Shoulder Pads, & Helmet in college & professionally), but the refs wanted to see your eyes like you were saying. Playing at the professional level (AFL), yeah money talks and you know what walks. As long as the league didnt have a rule against it, sponsors wanted you wearing product..
Yeah Georgia is very strict, ref told me to take my tinted visor off during warmups, I have it bc w the sunset and long snapping I can’t see the holder, also looking for ball in the air I can’t see
I enjoy your videos is specially I love football and the Seattle Seahawks I hope someday I will have the chance to get what I needed keep up the great work🙂🤜🏻
One pet peeve of mine... calling all officials "Referees." That is like calling all football players Quarterbacks. But I digress... As an Umpire I am the final say on all equipment. Trust me, when I say that we hate being fashion police. But, in the modern age of hudl and instant video sharing where our superiors are scrutinizing our every action on the field (and rightfully so in my opinion) if they see a tinted visor, or knee pads not pulled down, or sweat bands less than three inches, or play caller not worn on the wrist... which are all justified in the rules as safety issues... we are going to hear from them.
As long as they can see your eyes where I’m from they let you play, I know a dude who has a semi-mirrored, iridescent visor that you can just barely see into and he can play with it
From Ontario, Canada here. Rules are so strict here that a ref made me take my SHOC clear spectrum off, and made my teammate take his Oakley Clear Prizm off. Brutal.
My 11 year old was told by a ref to remove his Oakley prizm visor during a game. Yet my 8 year old wore a clear mirror visor and wasn’t told anything 🤦🏽♂️ inconsistent all around
POV i got a purple visor and i got kicked out twice by the same ref even tho 4 of my teammates have the same visor and im the only one who has to change visors
I honestly think it’s a bunch of crap cause I’m semi pro we can wear whatever visor we want and I plan on buying more visors from you all I think the tint of a visor adds that type of sick factor to your helmet
I mean to stay safe, literally just buy the clear visors. Or just don’t use one, most of us use visors for fashion instead of protective purposes anyways.
I understand why the company sales them. They are making money. Simple as that. Of course they disagree. It is a money thing. The rule specifically states it have to be clear of tint. The rule says nothing about seeing the eyes. That may be the reason behind it, but that is not what the rules states. The rule says you can’t have them. Point blank. That’s what’s wrong with this society, just because we don’t like the rules, we don’t think we have to follow it. The rule is what it is, until they change it, the shield has to be clear of tint, PERIOD!
Good point. Although, there are no visor restrictions for practice, which is why most athletes like to wear colored and tinted visors in practice. Helps with eye protection & UV protection. Plus, different coaches/referees have different rules where you CAN wear clear tinted visors.
At the start of the season i wore a prizm visor but evey few games certain refs would have me take it off even though you can barely tell so eventually I stoped wearing it and just let one of our LBs wear it and the refs never had a Problem with it
They also did not let anyone wear eyeblack unless it was just 2 solid lines
The ref's can be strict sometimes for sure!
Yeah, that's what I remember too. That's why our team managers didn't want us wearing them. At the Pro level, you wear whatever your sponsor, team or the league allows you.
I live in Missouri and the Shoc prism pink visor i wore my entire sophomore year and no one said anything so i think your point as long as you can see your eyes is valid 👍🏻
Heck yeah! Thanks for letting us know!
love the oakley visors
I play in the second highest women football league here in germany. tinted visors are just allowed since the start of this season. before that we were just allowed to wear clear ones. I'm wearing the shoc zero g northern lights now because it is definitely a game changer in sunny weather. on cloudy days I wear the oakley pro prizm clear because I still want to protect my eyes with the contact lenses in them
Hello from the states 🇺🇸 Glad to know you can rock some awesome visors!
I live in IL and wear a Oakley prism visor and have never had a problem with refs.
Good to know!
If you ask me, I agree with him about the visors like how do the rules say "We need to see players eyes in case of concussions" when you can see if a kid or adult is laying out on the ground cold out of common sense. Still at least allow athletes to wear slightly tinted or colored as a way to express themselves in those colors and not make all leagues "No-Fun" like the NFL. Furthermore, like sauce gardener said "If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good. If you play good, they pay good." plus it's just drip
because if the player is knocked out cold the doctors still need to check for pupil dilation by shining light into their eyes... which is impossible through a tinted visor.
Yes, I do highly agree with u. Kids look very cool with them on and old school ref's are just jealous.
Haha that could be it!
I agree with you cause players wanna look swaged out for their warmups and all that. Tbh I think players should be able to wear whatever visor they want in game cause why not. Look good play good right? It’s also kind of a refs job to be that man or woman to get on the players nerves tbh
That's true! I can understand in games, not being able to see the eyes through a blacked out visor in case of an emergency could be a problem. But in warmups, look good and feel good!
But i wear tinted oakley pro visors during pre season games and practices
Good to know
I wear a Oakley Prizm clear (the pink “tint”) in the State of Michigan, the MHSAA states that the visors/shields have to be completely clear, I been wearing the Prizm for about 2-3 with zero issues. This may not apply to other states but I hope this helps.
We appreciate your comment! We hear a lot that even with the "clear rule" a lot of athletes get away with a slightly mirror/tinted visor, so that's cool to hear!
Even before watching this video, those comments are really stupid
Tinted visors can be used by collectors just for aesthetics on helmets that will never see the color of a field in their lives, during training sessions and even in games since some leagues allow them
I don't even think these people deserve a video to explain anything.
I remember playing in High School in Florida in the early 2000s I never got a straight answer. We were told not to use them by the Team Management. I think at the time only clear was allowed. Playing in college in NAIA it was not really enforced (I only wore Thigh pads, Shoulder Pads, & Helmet in college & professionally), but the refs wanted to see your eyes like you were saying. Playing at the professional level (AFL), yeah money talks and you know what walks. As long as the league didnt have a rule against it, sponsors wanted you wearing product..
Yeah Georgia is very strict, ref told me to take my tinted visor off during warmups, I have it bc w the sunset and long snapping I can’t see the holder, also looking for ball in the air I can’t see
Good to know!
Day 24 of asking for a Bears helmet video!!!!🙏🙏❤️
We have to make that happen
Facts
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In my area of NC they allow the Oakley prizm
Thats dope!
I just have a mirrored visor for pregame and practice and a clear one for in game
Sadly, gotta wear a clear one but it’s still pretty cool
I enjoy your videos is specially I love football and the Seattle Seahawks I hope someday I will have the chance to get what I needed keep up the great work🙂🤜🏻
Thanks so much for your comment! We hope you do too!
the facemask on the Tampa Bay Buccs helmet is that a custom facemask or is Riddell finally selling that style?
We don't currently sell that one on the website, but the style code is called "SF-2EGD-SW-HP-HD". Hope you can find it!
One pet peeve of mine... calling all officials "Referees." That is like calling all football players Quarterbacks. But I digress...
As an Umpire I am the final say on all equipment. Trust me, when I say that we hate being fashion police. But, in the modern age of hudl and instant video sharing where our superiors are scrutinizing our every action on the field (and rightfully so in my opinion) if they see a tinted visor, or knee pads not pulled down, or sweat bands less than three inches, or play caller not worn on the wrist... which are all justified in the rules as safety issues... we are going to hear from them.
Really good to know! I like hearing an official's opinion on this.
In California, is it legal to wear the Friday night lights from shoc?
When in doubt, check with your coach before getting anything but clear!
I currently have the oakley prizm clear pro visor and the league owner allowed it but idk about the refs.
It's ultimately up to them! Hope you can play in that oakley prizm 🔥
@@greengridiron yeah!
As long as they can see your eyes where I’m from they let you play, I know a dude who has a semi-mirrored, iridescent visor that you can just barely see into and he can play with it
Nice! 👍
I have two visors one clear and one is a northern lights color
Oooh those are two of the best 🔥
Hey um idk what the diagram on the back of the Oakley box what do those mean
So the diagram on the back of the box basically tells you which visors block out the most sun. Hope this helps you out!
From Ontario, Canada here. Rules are so strict here that a ref made me take my SHOC clear spectrum off, and made my teammate take his Oakley Clear Prizm off. Brutal.
Woah, that really is brutal!
Year late but what city? Trying to cop one and avoid these refs lol
My 11 year old was told by a ref to remove his Oakley prizm visor during a game. Yet my 8 year old wore a clear mirror visor and wasn’t told anything 🤦🏽♂️ inconsistent all around
We've noticed that too. It's really all up to the game officials rules! Thanks for the feedback!
Is there a way to move scratches from visor?
Hey there! Scratches can be difficult to remove if they are deep, but we always try buffing it out first with some visor cleaning spray.
My coach says must be under 25% tint
The lower the number the darker. 20% is limo, 40 lighter and 60 is this the lightest most brands make
with my school we can wear what ever color visor we want as long as they can see our eyes I live in new york
That's cool, good to know!
POV i got a purple visor and i got kicked out twice by the same ref even tho 4 of my teammates have the same visor and im the only one who has to change visors
Ref is definitely holding a grudge 👀
Hey my son jus ordered a gold an blue helmet from you guys could you throw in a sweet American flag decal. Or something
I got his helmet in today. It didn't come with the American flag decal or the clear blue warning label.. ??
😂😂@@Deewrizz
I honestly think it’s a bunch of crap cause I’m semi pro we can wear whatever visor we want and I plan on buying more visors from you all I think the tint of a visor adds that type of sick factor to your helmet
Totally agree! And glad that your rules are less strict!
I mean to stay safe, literally just buy the clear visors. Or just don’t use one, most of us use visors for fashion instead of protective purposes anyways.
True! The colorful visors are mostly for practice and fashion purposes.
Also do a bears helmet for huff luff🏈💎
We're trying to squeeze it in!
Gold mirror
Where im at you have to have a doctor slip
Woah! Good to know!
The rule needs to say that you have to be able to see their eyes
My youth leauge let's us wear any visor two of my friends have pitch black visors
Thats awesome!
I understand why the company sales them. They are making money. Simple as that. Of course they disagree. It is a money thing. The rule specifically states it have to be clear of tint. The rule says nothing about seeing the eyes. That may be the reason behind it, but that is not what the rules states. The rule says you can’t have them. Point blank. That’s what’s wrong with this society, just because we don’t like the rules, we don’t think we have to follow it. The rule is what it is, until they change it, the shield has to be clear of tint, PERIOD!
Good point. Although, there are no visor restrictions for practice, which is why most athletes like to wear colored and tinted visors in practice. Helps with eye protection & UV protection. Plus, different coaches/referees have different rules where you CAN wear clear tinted visors.
Und of course you vill obey!
ihsa is so bad this year
yo first comment w lets go
You get first place 🏆