Pink headphones cost footballer $10k

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said he has been fined $10,000 (€7,927) by the NFL for the pink "Beats by Dre" brand name headphones he wore around his neck after Sunday’s game.

While Kaepernick has an endorsement deal with Beats and has done a commercial, the league’s contract is with Bose.

Wearing the pink version for October breast cancer awareness month, Kaepernick knew he could be subject to a fine after the 22-17 win last Sunday.

Yet it’s more than the $8,286 fine the Broncos’ Julius Thomas faces for a chop block on Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell — who suffered a sprained knee ligament.

Kaepernick later took to Twitter to explain his decision and posted a photo of him with the headphones: “I support breast cancer awareness! My grandma is a survivor!”

He declined to say whether Beats would pick up the cost of his fine, saying, “we’ll let that be unanswered”.

Last month, Kaepernick announced he had been fined more than $11,000 and had appealed the penalty for what an official called “inappropriate language”.

In early June, Kaepernick — one of the NFL’s most dynamic young playcallers — received a $126m, six-year contract extension that keeps him with the organisation through the 2020 season.

The deal includes $61m in guaranteed money.

The sides had made it a top priority to get a deal done before the start of training camp.