On Friday, the Texas Longhorns revealed that the football program will wear Schutt’s “Splash Shield” helmet face guard this season in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The two-piece full-face visor retails publicly for $24.99 and was designed to “block droplets from sweat, coughs, and sneezes.” Schutt began designing the Splash Shield in May and announced the product in June. It appears that Texas is pairing the Splash Field bottom with a standard visor upper provided by Nike.
When Schutt first revealed the product, players expressed concerns about fogging, but the manufacturer says that a drop of dish soap spread on the inside of the shield serves as a short-term anti-fogging measure.