Many athletes have a specialized barber who keeps their hair game ready, but one quarterback takes a more mundane approach.
Kirk Cousins stars in the new Netflix series, “Quarterback,” and this is where fans have learned that the signal caller gets his haircuts from Great Clips.
While many younger players are changing their hairstyle every year, Cousins is quite the opposite.
The now 36-year-old quarterback has a very routine haircut: He wants a 1 with a fade up. Just like that, his haircut is over.
The cut is so simple that in the show, all the quarterback had to do was show the barber his roster photo and they knew what to do.
One reason why Great Clips has been his go-to place is the convenience it brings to a constantly traveling athlete.
“It’s hard to have a go-to barber when you’re always on the go,” Cousins said. “If the wait time is under 15 minutes, I just sign up. Then I can just drive there, walk right in and get right in the chair.”
The scene caught the attention of Great Clips’ management, which announced that Cousins would be the one and only person to own the new Great Clips VIP card, dubbed the “Hall of Fade.”
This new perk entitles Cousins to unlimited free haircuts.
But even better for the rest of the patrons in the establishment, anytime he got a haircut, every other person in the store also gets a free cut.
“We love hearing stories of our customers’ experiences in our Great Clips salons,” Vice President of Great Clips Lisa Hake said in a statement. “When we heard about Kirk being a longtime brand fan and customer, we saw this as a unique opportunity to not only celebrate Kirk’s fandom but use this as a way to pay it forward with our other lucky customers getting the same great haircut experience.”
Now with the Hall of Fade open for business, it will be interesting to see if more members are inducted in the future.
