NFL Players Banned From Wearing Beats Headphones on Camera

[the-msa]

I could try the whole current lineup of beats headphones when they were at our company. They were ok if they were being offered for 50 or 100$ for the wireless ones.

My 30€ sennheiser in ear sound better.

 

[dannyyankou]

They're both overrated, but Boss's noise cancellation comes in handy on planes.

 

[_Refurbished_]

Additionally, Roger Goodell gave Ray Rice clearance to wear Beats headphones for the next two games.

 

[Nevaborn]

I wonder what happens if the athlete has a contract that states they will wear Beats headphones at the game when the NFL's contract says they cannot.

I smell lawyers.

Probably a fine which Apple will pay smiling at the publicity of a pro atheleye willing to face a confrontation to use his Beats headphones.

 

[576316]

"Apple's line of Beats headphones." Still so weird to hear that when the fact is, Beats IS Apple now.

 

[aerok]

I love my QL17 for its noise cancellation inside the airplane but not for its sound quality.

For sound quality Buy Other Sound Equipments

Beats are not better at all.

 

[steve333]

60% of the market!?
Are people really that tone deaf? Unreal

 

[Lostanddamned]

Bose sound is just as ugly and strange as Beats; they are effectively Beats for the chino-wearing middle class middle manager, with equally ugly and cheap looking design (The OE2i’s in white genuinely look like a poundland computer headset)

I would always push people towards Bowers & Wilkins, who invariably have a superior, more satisfying product at an equal price point. Compare the OE2i, Solo 2 or P3 for example.

 

[MH01]

Bad deal for the NFL and its players because anything Bose is just plain awful! Also, I don't think many of the players will conform to this due to the popularity of the Beats brand. They're good for what they're designed to do and I own a pair but I also own better cans that are made by Hifiman which are designed for more critical listening.

Apple really missed the mark with this marketing opportunity to increase the market's awareness to the Beats brand.

beats are just as crap, if not worse than BOSE. Both ripoff !!

 

[sodapop1]

That's the most interesting part of this. Can a league deal force the players to possibly violate individual contracts, sponsorship and endorsements?

We'll definitely find out if that's the case but I'm sure the lawyers who brokered the deal between the NFL and Bose must have thought through the legal implications.

 

[ethanwa79]

Personally, I don't care. I think the acquisition of Beats by Apple was a stupid move to begin with. I still don't see it making sense.

 

[Glassed Silver]

The obvious retaliatory move by Apple would be to remove Bose® from the online and bricks and mortar Apple stores.

But it probably wouldn't make much of a difference, Bose® have always been industry leaders at marketing and finding new idiots to exploit.

edit: Typo, I forgot the ® !!!!

Please show mercy on me Bose®

I'd hope they didn't see the unedited post, man.
They might get very böse

Glassed Silver:mac

 

[Eeko]

Apple is more like Bose than Beats, I think.

But Bose didn't have the streaming service that Apple wanted.

I don't think Apple was that interested in the streaming service. I think they did it mostly for the talent.

 

[Rogifan]

I don't know about Bose headphones but their Sound Link mini Bluetooth speaker is awesome.

Anyway these in your face NFL partnerships are annoying. Week 1 of the NFL season on Fox, Microsoft Surface logos and products were plastered everywhere. Surface Pros as props on set for the pre-game guys. Logos covering the benches on the field. Everywhere you looked a Microsoft Surface ad was staring back at you. It certainly didn't make me want to buy a Surface especially considering it was just a prop in the studio and the on-air announcers referred to it as an "iPad like" device.

 

[wesk702]

It's funny how people actually think brand names matter.

Completely agree but don't forget what forum you're in.

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I could try the whole current lineup of beats headphones when they were at our company. They were ok if they were being offered for 50 or 100$ for the wireless ones.

My 30€ sennheiser in ear sound better.

Nothing beats Sennheiser. Completely choice set of headphones.

 

[Mackinjosh]

They should make it a rule that all the teams in last place have to wear those god awful Beats headphones. Nah, that would be too cruel.

 

[Cougarcat]

This summary is missing the fact that all Headphones except for Bose are banned.

I don't think Apple was that interested in the streaming service. I think they did it mostly for the talent.

The talent was certainly part of it, but they wanted the service too, specifically for its human curation. Cook explains this in his recent Charlie Rose interview. There have been rumors that Apple will rebrand it next year, probably bringing it into iTunes.

 

[dannyyankou]

I don't think Apple was that interested in the streaming service. I think they did it mostly for the talent.

I disagree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4JhxLn_ZfU

http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/23/beats-music-rebranding-february/

 

[miketheappleguy]

In fact, I would not be surprised that Apple--which now owns the Beats brand of products--may seriously contemplate a lawsuit against the NFL over this. And the NFL better watch out: Apple lawyers have a LOT of experience dealing with legal issues (e.g., the spat with Google over Android) and they have potentially much deeper pockets than Bose and the NFL legal teams combined.

HAHAHAH Your post is so stupid I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. If you think Apple can manhandle the NFL you're nuts. You're also apparently so far apples butt you're ignoring contractual advertising agreements between sponsors and companies that have been going on since forever. But I guess since it's apple the courts will bow down to them. And you think Apple has deeper pockets than the NFL?

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Based on this NFL telling it's players what to use or not use, could Chevy sigh a sponsorship contract with NASCAR that banned Ford from the track?

Dale

I would have thought that if anyone knew the answer to that question it would be someone named Dale.

 

[Jakuta]

I don't think Apple was that interested in the streaming service. I think they did it mostly for the talent.

Well Cook basically said they did it for the streaming service, so there's that.

I signed up for their service soon after hearing his comments and have been pleased with it. Not perfect, but has worked well for me.

The headphones, on the other hand, still suck! All bass, horrible mids and highs. Bose is more neutral, but still not for me. Give me Sennheiser or UE and I'll be happy.

 

[hipnetic]

Roll model? Yeah, right - if you're a little boy and think you'll be like Rich if you wear Beats.

Roll model? Yeah, right - if you're a teenage boy & like to dish out the trash talk & impress the girls.

Role model? Yeah, right - if you're an out of control male & love to beat your way to anything even with Roger looked to the side.

Sorry, I couldn't resist quoting you for spelling "role model" wrong on your 1st two attempts, but then somehow getting it right on the 3rd.

As for Sherman, he's a top player at his position. Being a role model isn't something most people choose to do. Someone becomes a role model because they're in a prominent and public position, but I don't buy into the notion that they're obligated to behave any differently just because other people choose to look up to them. I'd prefer that people not put on false images and behave like they truly are. Then people can make a more informed judgment as to whether or not someone is worthy of putting on a pedestal.

 

[H2SO4]

Even within the context of professional sports, which would seem to be the essence of "competition", all Apple's competition can think to do—instead of actually competing by producing better quality products—is to "restrict."

Now that's lame and that's sad.

In the same way that Apple can use arbitrary rules to restrict what’s sold in the App Store?

 

[RolyPolyBird]

Bose didn't attack Beats. They signed a deal with NFL, who told Beats to go home because they didn't pay up like Bose did. Does that warrant "retaliation"?

lol what? Its business, a very competitive business. This was clearly a direct attack at Beats.

Gaining or keeping marketshare in these industries is a war. Especially when the products are more about hype and less about substance.

 

[rgraf77]

Apple should've bought Bose instead. At least their products are decent.

Bose and Beats are one in the same.

 

[Zeldain]

Beats are terrible and an embarrassing product unless Apple dismantles the product and redesigns them entirely.

That said, this is what it is. The NFL is a company, and the employees can be controlled same as those that work for any company.