how do athletes play in 0° with skin showing?

Question

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

ETA: 0°F

In: Biology

Answer 1

So I got frostbite when it was way warmer than 0, as previous comments have said frostbite is a combination of cold, time, wind, and damp. I spent hours cross country skiing with wet gloves and got mild frostbite. A few plays with covered fingers and bare arms but being dried off and heated on the sideline in between will not freeze your blood vessels or kill skin cells resulting in frostbite.