Colin Kaepernick tapes over Beats logo to appease NFL (PHOTO)

Colin Kaepernick used a little ingenuity, and just a smidgen of athletic tape, in order to continue wearing his Beats in violation of the NFL's ban on the popular headphones within the 90-minute time frame of Monday night's 49ers-Rams game.

Just last week, Kaepernick received a $10,000 fine for brandishing the Beats name.

Standing in front of a backdrop touting with the #brands logo at Monday night's post-game presser, the defiant Niners quarterback draped the pink Beats around his neck with the tape strategically placed over the Beats logo.

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Colin Kaepernick is wearing the pink Beats by Dre with tape covering the logo. He was fined $10K last week. He is appealing.

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Bose, if you'll recall, is now the official headphone sponsor for the NFL, taking over that title from long-time sponsors Motorola. Kaepernick, meanwhile, has an endorsement deal with Beats. It just goes to show that NFL sponsorship or not, the players aren't going to change their tunes.

NFL deal prohibits players from wearing 'Beats by Dre' headphones: Report

Beats by Dre headphones may be dominating the market, but you won't be seeing them on NFL players — at least not on game day.

The NFL has secured a deal with BOSE that limits what players can wear during football-related activities. And that includes wearing Beats and all other headphones while on camera. 

Essentially, players can’t wear the headphones any time the lights are on, according to Sporting News' Jasmine Watkins:

"The restriction of other headphone usage includes preseason training camps, practice sessions, game day, postgame interviews, and it remains in place until 90 minutes after the game has ended."

Players such as 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman — who both have appeared in Beats by Dre commercials — will now have abide by the new rules.

Players can still don the Dre earmuffs if they like — only by covering the logo.

Earlier this year, the World Cup banned their athletes from donning the headgear as well, saying that players could only wear headphones from their sponsor, Sony.

Beats issued a statement expressing their disappointment in the news:

"Over the last few years athletes have written Beats into their DNA as part of the pre-game ritual," the statement says. "Music can have a significant positive effect on an athlete's focus and mental preparedness and has become as important to performance as any other piece of equipment."

Seeing how NFL players usually react to newly imposed rules, something tells me they aren't going to take this partial ban lightly. So we might see some creative headphone covers down the road.