Colin Kaepernick fined $10K for wearing Beats headphones at press conference

[Auggie]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick thumbed his nose at authority following Sunday's victory by wearing Beats by Dre headphones around his neck after the NFL signed an exclusive agreement with Bose.

And while his headphones were bright pink, purportedly to pay homage to Breast Cancer Awareness, Kaepernick paid for the indiscretion. He said Thursday the league fined him $10,000.

So did Beats, with whom he has an endorsement deal, pay his fine?

"I'm going to let that be unanswered," Kaepernick said.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11671032/colin-kaepernick-san-francisco-49ers-fined-10k-beats-dre-headphones

Don't fuck with NFL sponsors ... no matter how fucking STUPID the policy.

Unbelievable ... the shit that happens over money.

[joeybee12]

1. Didn't he get fined for something similar previously?

Guy doesn't learn, or doesn't care, and I bet Beats paid the fine.

[Auggie]

2. I don't know, but it's a dumbshit rule

What a break for Beats -- millions in free publicity.

[joeybee12]

4. True...but...

If I were a high profile Target exec and appeared at a public function with a Wal-Mart t-shirt, I'd get hell, too.

[El Supremo]

3. He recently got fined $11,025...

for calling a fellow black player the N word.

He denied it. The other player denied it. So what the hell? Blacks call each other the N word all the time.

They ought to stop it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Agree it's stupid.

And as a Seahawks fan I'm no fan of Kaepernick but what's wrong is wrong.

[bluedigger]

6. Nice marketing move by Beats.

They get the headline and Bose gets buried in the story. The NFL played right into their hands. For only $10G, too!

[Auggie]

7. Kaepernick is a spokesman for Beats -- just heard it

I'm sure he's getting paid more than he's losing in fines and doesn't care.

Would the NFL ever issue a suspension for something like this? Now that would create a shit storm.

[JonLP24]

9. Probably

Depends on how high profile and the lengths the player went to thumb their nose.

Maybe it would take a player sitting w/ a bottle of Powerade, UPS hat, box of Pizza Hut sitting in front, and try to squeeze Mastercard in there somewhere or something other than Visa.

[JonLP24]

8. I know he is one of the 100 million dollar QBs

but $10,000 is a lot of money to just be taken over something like this.

This is one of those things that is killing the game for me. Just let them wear what they want to war provided it isn't offensive or anything like that. You enter an endorsement deal w/ Bose, how much money are they really losing because Kaepernick wore Beats? Probably more than they would have by not drawing attention to this w/ the fine.