This past weekend, word came down that the National Football League agreed to an exclusive deal with Bose headphones that will effectively prohibit its players from being seen with the popular Beats By Dre headphones.
While not completely unheard of, the new guidelines put players such as Seattle Seahawks’ cornerback Richard Sherman and San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a interesting position as both are under contract with Beats and have appeared in national commercials for the Apple owned company.
According to Jasmine Watkins of Sporting News, the new deal restricts “other headphone usage including preseason training camps, practice sessions, game day, postgame interviews, and it remains in place until 90 minutes after the game has ended.”
