how do athletes play in 0° with skin showing?

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Watching the Dolphins/Chiefs game and some of those players had bare arms… how do they not get frostbite or lose feeling in limbs?

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I have a feeling it’s simply an image thing for the players because “football is a man’s sport for tough men”. They’re professionals but still human beings who will get extremely cold in sub 0-deg F temps with a wind chill.

This mentality never made any sense to me – you’ll play a better game and increase your chances of winning if you are warmer and feel more comfortable on the field. I don’t understand why the coaching staff does have a policy for the players to check their egos at the door and dress for the f*cking weather already.

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