LeBron James gave OSU players Beats headphones; Oregon got some, too

The Ohio State and Oregon football teams got a nice surprise on Saturday when their players received pairs of Beats by Dre headphones. The Buckeyes even had

Extra Mustard | Jan 10, 2015

LeBron James gave OSU players Beats headphones; Oregon got some, too /

The Ohio State and Oregon football teams got a nice surprise on Saturday when their players received pairs of Beats by Dre headphones. The Buckeyes even had theirs donated by Cleveland Cavaliers forward and noted Ohio State fan LeBron James.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer first tweeted a picture of the new headphones to thank James.

Special thanks to @KingJames @beatsbydre for their support to the Buckeyes! pic.twitter.com/ccAUo4pvaB
— Urban Meyer (@CoachUrbanMeyer) January 10, 2015

Not surprisingly, the OSU players and other coaches were really excited:

S/o to @KingJames for hookin the team up pic.twitter.com/5fl379Tvrm
— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) January 10, 2015

When the #GOAT is a Buckeye... He takes care of his Team!! S/O to @KingJames for hooking these boys up!! ✊💯 pic.twitter.com/tg64PxphX8
— Zach Smith (@CoachZachSmith) January 10, 2015

Shoutout to my man @KingJames for the @beatsbydre! pic.twitter.com/wFK2Xj5688
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) January 10, 2015

Multiple outlets have said James worked with the NCAA to make sure the school and players would not be violating any rules by accepting the headphones. James endorses Beats by Dre.

From cleveland.com:

"LeBron helped facilitate the connection with Beats by Dre," an Ohio State spokesperson told cleveland.com. "The headphones were donated to Ohio State and were distributed within the permissible NCAA limitations on awards."

Apparently not wanting to suggest any favoritism, Beats also gave some headphones to the Ducks:

It was nice that Ohio State thanked LeBron for their Beats, but the company gave the headphones to Oregon too.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 11, 2015

According to cleveland.com, the headphones retail for $299.99.

Ohio State plays Oregon in first ever College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday.

Published Jan 10, 2015

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