San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was fined $10,000 by the NFL for wearing Apple Beats headphones during a post-game press conference, reports ESPN.
Following a deal with Bose, the league banned the use of Beats headphones by players while on camera. That ban applies to pre-season training camps, practice sessions, and game day - starting before the opening kickoff through the final whistle. It remains in place until 90 minutes after the play has ended.
Despite Kaepernick's headphones being bright pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness, the league fined him $10,000 for the indiscretion.
While the player has an endorsement deal with Beats, it's still unclear who paid the fine. When asked about it, Kaepernick said, "I'm going to let that be unanswered."
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Great! - October 10, 2014 at 2:38pm
Let me guess....Apple will kick Bose out of its stores next.
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Petr - October 10, 2014 at 11:32am
What us NFL?
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Petr - October 10, 2014 at 11:32am
What us NFL?
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Steve NoJob - October 10, 2014 at 6:01am
Very cool PR for Beats, very bad one for Bose and NFL... !
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AppleGuy299 - October 10, 2014 at 3:04am
I like Bose speakers, but this is ridiculous. Now are they going to partner up with Toyota and say you can only have a Toyota car?
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DUH!!!!! - October 10, 2014 at 3:20am
Um.... that's how endorsements work... wouldn't look very good for Toyota if they paid an employee to do a commercial saying how much they loved their Toyota and then were spotted driving around in a Ford.
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Great! - October 10, 2014 at 3:27pm
But stars don't seem to get penalised when they are paid by Samsung to endorse the Galaxy phones but personally use iPhones.
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The Big Weenie - October 10, 2014 at 1:52am
Colin looks good in pink
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tommyy - October 10, 2014 at 1:38am
Apple can pay for him and all players. USD10000 each is cheaper than total official Ad anyway.
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