NFL Players Banned From Wearing Beats Headphones on Camera

[4mat]

Remember when sporting events were and sports and not sponsorship

Isn't it more sad that the NFL and the players/teams have different and competing sponsors. And that all these companies have SOOOO much money to p**s around, that players with one sponsor are forced to use a competing brand of whatever. Which could jeopardise them with future sponsors. All so the league can make a quick buck?

 

[PatriotInvasion]

Apple/Beats should do an ad campaign offering to pay any "Pro Football player's fine" for wearing Beats over Bose. Microsoft and Bose using the NFL to help keep their sinking ships a float. Microsoft paid millions to have Surface tablets on the sidelines and the game announcers still refer to them at "iPads"...LOL!

 

[Ramchi]

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.

Hope you don't mean buying justice!

 

[stars_fan]

Oh how terrible. Whatever will those felons do without their overpriced crap headphones.

 

[miketheappleguy]

Isn't it more sad that the NFL and the players/teams have different and competing sponsors. And that all these companies have SOOOO much money to p**s around, that players with one sponsor are forced to use a competing brand of whatever. Which could jeopardise them with future sponsors. All so the league can make a quick buck?

The NFL is just an independent variable in your equation. You could Substitute the NFL for Apple, Samsung, Microsoft. They all do the same thing that the NFL is doing.

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Apple/Beats should do an ad campaign offering to pay any "Pro Football player's fine" for wearing Beats over Bose. Microsoft and Bose using the NFL to help keep their sinking ships a float. Microsoft paid millions to have Surface tablets on the sidelines and the game announcers still refer to them at "iPads"...LOL!

They'd most likely get sued by the NFL for that.

 

[jlc1978]

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

It's a pretty standard deal with sponsorship deals. Retaliation would be stupid.

 

[Kenn Marks]

Remember this weeks FCC ruling

No iPads, no Beats, but yes to beating your wife. Good work, NFL.

Remember this week that the FCC lifted the ban on local broadcast of unsold out NFL games so the league is looking other ways to guarantee revenue so they can pay these exorbitant player Salaries. With those salaries those same players should tell the league that they will use their personal tablets and headphones of choice or new contracts will have that clause included. Soon the league will say thay can only wear jockey underwear or accuview contacts.

 

[arftech]

Oh how terrible. Whatever will those felons do without their overpriced crap headphones.

So, any professional football player that wear beats is a felon? Is that what you're implying?

 

[lowepg]

Oh pro football players wear them? (average IQ 77), yeah... cool, they must be good!!!!

 

[X-X]

Apple/Beats should do an ad campaign offering to pay any "Pro Football player's fine" for wearing Beats over Bose. Microsoft and Bose using the NFL to help keep their sinking ships a float.

Beats is paying the players to promote their headphones.

Bose is paying the NFL to promote their headphones.


NO DIFFERENCE!


Both products are insanely overpriced crap. But Beats are by far the worst headphones in the world.

 

[SchneiderMan]

They're both crap.

Sonically, Bose makes superior sounding headphones with superior active noise-cancelling technology.

 

[1ONE]

I love but Beats are overrated, overpriced, garbage.

Anyone serious about good sound will look into one of the various Sennheiser HD models, Sony MDR 7500 series or maybe some Audio Technica's.

 

[miketheappleguy]

Beats is paying the players to promote their headphones.

Bose is paying the NFL to promote their headphones.


NO DIFFERENCE!


Both products are complete crap.

Except the players are employees of the NFL.

 

[Luscious]

In similar news the NFL has also banned players from wearinging anything other than Isotoner gloves on camera when they are off of the football field. In an attempt to re-energize the Isotoner brand among America's youth Isotoner and the NFL announced a deal for Icotoner to become the official gloves used by NFL players when beating women and children and/or killing people.

 

[aaronvan]

I hope the NFL players union fights this case.

 

[gbc204]

This is how the NFL is dealing with domestic violence. They don't want any "Richard Sherman Beats..." references.

 

[aaronvan]

Except the players are employees of the NFL.

I'm not sure, but I think the players are employees of their team. The NFL is more like a trade organization for a lot of rich white guys.

 

[jlc1978]

Agreed, if the NFL deal with Bose supersedes the individual contracts the players have with Beats, then Apple should legally be able to recoup any monies paid out to the players.

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.

More than likely player's contracts with the teams have clauses covering such situations. Even if they didn't the NFL is a private organization that has a right to control how their product is presented on the air.

 

[ghsDUDE]

I love my Bose In-Ear Noise Cancelling Headphones. On a plane right now and they're great!

 

[frason]

Good stuff, at least they will listen with high(er) quality sound now.

 

[senseless]

Player interviews are silly. It's the same cliche's over and over again.

 

[OneMike]

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

That made me laugh.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Bose and Beats are one in the same.

Says the guy in the Apple forum.

 

[AppleGoat]

Apple is more like Bose than Beats, I think.

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

Is it really the crappy streaming service they were after? I'm sure Apple could have bought Pandora or Spotify for a fraction of what they paid for Beats.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Is it really the streaming service they were after? I'm sure Apple could have bought Pandora or Spotify for a fraction of what they paid for Beats.

1. Pandora is crap. Just like iTunes Radio.

2. Spotify is worth more than Beats.