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Farkas Featured on Slate.com’s Hang Up and Listen
Thanks to loyal Hang Up and Listen listener and Farkas fan Joe Shemanski for tipping us off to the love host Mike Pesca was showing us (and Jim Leonhard) on Slate’s sports podcast.
You can listen to the hilarious segment below.
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Lax All-Stars Mythbusters: Lacrosse Eye Black IS Function!
Our own Dr. DeBroff was interviewed by our friends at Lacrosse All Stars about the age-old (well, somewhat old) question of whether eye black actually works or whether it simply provides a psychological advantage to the user.
Audio: LoMo Talks Farkas, Camp for a Cure & Charity on Grantland’s Jonah Keri Podcast
As he headed West to board a plain for China, Logan Morrison caught checked in with Jonah Keri on the Grantland Network to talk about our recent partnership, his forthcoming youth camp and the tie in with the American Lung Association (among other things). Remember, though November 4, $1 from every tin of Farkas Original Eye Black will be donated to the ALA.
You can hear LoMo talk about the cause and partnership here.
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ND’s Manti Te’o is a Warrior; Warriors Don’t Wear Stickers in Battle
From The Observer’s Irish Insider cover story on Notre Dame’s remarkable linebacker Manti Te’o:
Each Saturday in the Notre Dame locker room, a warrior applies eye black to his face and quietly envisions his role in the battle that is about to ensue. If Manti Te’o seems contemplative, it’s because he is — in everything he does.
Needless to say, that lead paragraph would look pretty ridiculous and lose its message if it described the way Te’o “peeled the stickers off their backings and gently applied them to his cheek bones.”
Logan Morrison, Farkas Eye Black Enter Charitable Partnership to “Get Fark’D Up”
Morrison latest pro to join “Athletes Against Sticker” While Farkas Original Eye Black
to Support LoMo Camp for the Cure and the American Lung Association.
MIAMI, FL (October 24, 2011) – Earlier this month pro football player Jim Leonhard partnered with Farkas Original Eye Black to launch “Athletes Against Stickers,” an organization which promotes the on-field superiority of eye black over stickers, and the role of professional athletes in setting a positive example for youth players on and off the field.
Today, as the baseball season comes to an end and he readies to represent the league overseas, Florida leftfielder Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) joins Leonhard in spreading that message globally by spearheading the “Get Fark’d Up” program, a play on words, of course, on Morrison’s propensity to “Get Fired Up.” Beginning on his trip to Taiwan this month, and throughout the offseason, Morrison will be using his platforms (real and virtual) to encourage baseball players around the world to put down the stickers and “Get Fark’d Up.”
You can support the cause by literally getting Fark’d Up with LoMo on Faecbook and Twitter at Facebook.com/FarkasEyeBlack.
“Errors happen in baseball all the time, but one misstep I wouldn’t make is wearing stickers on my face,” joked Morrison. “I’m excited to partner with Farkas Eye Black to raise money for a cause that is near and dear to me along with trying to save athletes across the globe from the perils of this sticker fad. If I can save one professional athlete from embarrassing themselves on the diamond, well then, I can at least say I’ve tried to make the world a better place for everyone.”
Charity is not something new to Morrison. As he takes the lead in trying to wipe out sticker usage, Farkas Original Eye Black is returning the favor and entering into a charitable partnership to provide scholarships, product and apparel for the LoMo Camp for the Cure, an annual camp started by Morrison in Jupiter, FL which benefits the American Lung Association, in honor of his father Tom Morrison, who was stricken with lung cancer.
Between now and November 4, Farkas will donate a portion of every tin of Farkas Original Eye Black sold to the American Lung Association.
Said company co-founder Brian Farkas, “As Logan Morrison quickly makes a name for himself around the league for his all-star-level play and his tendency to Tweet his mind, his commitment to his cause and his father’s legacy speaks for itself.”
You can learn more about Farkas Original Eye Black, the “Athletes Against Sticker” campaign and LoMo Camp for the Cure at http://farkaseyeblack.com.
JoeSportsFan.com: Did Someone Just Send Albert Pujols a New “Performance Enhancer”?
Sure, Bud Selig completely ignored the comments by one of the best players in the sport he controls, but a certain Yale opthalmologist with an intimate knowledge of athletic eye-black was on the case…
http://www.joesportsfan.com/?p=9384
Yale Ophthalmologist Can’t Turn a Blind Eye to Pujols / Busch Shadows
Yale Eye Doctor Offers to Step Up to Plate for Pujols
Yale University School of Medicine Ophthalmologist Offers Albert Pujols Assistance After First Baseman’s Public Complaints About Shadows at Busch Stadium and Playoff Scheduling Bias
New Haven, CT (October 10, 2011) – Brian M. DeBroff, MD, Ophthalmologist at the Yale University School of Medicine and the country’s foremost leader on sports eye black and glare reduction, is so impassioned about helping people see better that when St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols complained last week about a well-known time-related visibility issue at Busch Stadium, DeBroff made it his mission to assure that any such vision issues are minimized.
Said DeBroff: “When one of the game’s greatest players speaks up, I can’t help but listen. While I can’t control playoff scheduling or East Coast biases (real or perceived), I simply could not sit around and allow a future Hall of Famer to defend himself against the elements by wearing stickers on his face while the league turned a blind eye.”
Today, DeBroff sent the following letter along with a tin of Farkas Original Eye Black to Pujols.
Dr. DeBroff is available for comment upon request.
October 10, 2011
Mr. Albert Pujols
c/o St. Louis Cardinals
Busch Stadium
700 Clark Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63102-1727
Dear Mr. Pujols,
I want to personally congratulate you and your teammates on your impressive division series win, and let you know that your complaints of East Coast bias in relation to the shadows at Busch Stadium have not fallen on deaf ears.
While I cannot do anything about the Office of the Commissioner’s infatuation with the Big Apple, I believe I can help you see better.
As an eye doctor from the Yale School of Medicine, I have done extensive research on the different types of eye black and their effectiveness.
After publishing my independent study, the family of Andy Farkas (the first pro football player to wear eye black) contacted to me to assist them in making the very best eye
black available on the market; and was so impressed with their dedication to that I recently became an investor and scientific adviser.
On behalf of the Farkas team, we believe that no athlete – elite or otherwise – should have to worry about vision issues on the field, especially when the stakes are highest. Nor do we believe that a grown man’s only defense against such hindrances is resorting to wearing scientifically proven useless stickers on his face.
I have included a tin of Farkas Original Eye Black – precise adjustment of concentrations of paraffin, petroleum, beeswax, black and zinc oxide, and talc that was ascertained to achieve a durable product that improves visual performance.
After all, the best deserves the best. As a person who has committed my life to helping people see, it’s the least I can do.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at DeBroff.MD@farkaseyeblack.com.
Sincerely,
Brian M. DeBroff MD
NBCSports.com Off the Bench: Jets safety Jim Leonhard on eye black, punt returns and trying to tackle Adrian Peterson
New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard was gracious enough to sit down with my good friend Josh Zerkle and I on behalf of Farkas Eye Black, which has teamed up with Leonhard on their mission to get athletes to stop wearing useless stickers on their faces.
OTB: So you’re telling me all these athletes putting stickers on their faces are just doing something useless?
JL: Absolutely. It’s essentially like wearing a helmet that doesn’t provide any protection, like the old leather helmets. I know a lot of guys are throwbacks but I wouldn’t throw that on with today’s technology. This is something I’m very passionate about. I’m a big fan of eye black. You gotta wear the real thing. That’s kind of a joke to me.
Full interview: The Big Interview: Jets safety Jim Leonhard on eye black, punt returns and trying to tackle Adrian Peterson
The Official Eye Black of OTE is Farkas Eye Black: An Interview With Co-Founder Brian Farkas
“Using science and tradition, we are committed to selling the best eye black on the market. Period. No gimmicks, no fads, just the highest quality product rooted in tradition and science. My grandpa wouldn’t have it any other way. I am putting my family’s name on this product. It better be the best.”
You can read the entire interview here.
