The football World Cup has always been known for the occasional odd ban. Take for example the Nigerian team and the fact that they can have sex if it’s with their wives (sorry, no girlfriends). This time around, due to a partnership agreement with Sony, players are banned from rocking up to games with their obnoxious looking Beats by Dre headphones who have been honestly assessed as shit.

Despite the ban, Beats poster boy and Brazilian prodigy Neymar was spotted with a pair as he stepped off the bus to attend the squad’s last training session before their draw with the gallant amigos Mexico. The company that was recently purchased by Apple for billions has had to make headway (literally) for free Sony issued headphones to all players participating in the 2014 World Cup. Poor guys huh?