Colin Kaepernick Put Tape Over The Beats Logo On His Headphones After $10,000 Fine

Bose has an exclusive headphone sponsorship deal with the NFL.

As Cindy Boren of the Washington Post reports, there's a 90-minute window after each game where players cannot promote any apparel from a company that isn't an NFL partner. It's an NFL policy, not a Bose policy. Just as Robert Griffin III isn't allowed to wear Adidas gear after games because of the NFL's deal with Nike, Kaepernick isn't allowed to wear Beats.

In a seeming effort to avoid another $10,000 fine, Kaepernick taped over the Beats logo on his pink Beats headphones after beating the Rams on Monday night.

CSN Bay Area's Matt Maiocco got a close-up picture:

The NFL generally doesn't fine players for wearing non-partner apparel before games, yet. That's why a bunch of NFL players were spotted wearing Beats before their Week 6 games, despite the Kaepernick fine in Week 5:

Kaepernick himself wore Beats earbuds before Monday night's game. It's unclear if the NFL will start enforcing its sponsorship policy in pregame warm-ups as well.