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Ocho Cinco To NFL: I'll Tweet When I Want

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:11 PM
Written By: SportsFanLive Reports

Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson said he wants to Tweet during his games this season. The NFL said he can’t.

Chad’s reaction to the NFL ban? Tweet on, baby!

"There's nothing they can do,” Ocho Cinco said Monday night from the red carpet of the Sports Dream charity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion.

“I'll do it anyway. I don't even know why they're fussing with that. When I say I'm gonna do something, I'm gonna do it anyway regardless of what they say."

Chad has clearly given his Twitter gameplan plenty of thought. Consider this Tweet from last week: "Question? If I tweet during the game and they suspend me, would I get paid during my suspension since it's not a legal issue?"

After Chad first mentioned the idea of in-game Tweeting last week, the NFL cited an existing policy that bans the use of cell phones and mobile devices on the sidelines.

But a former NFL player, who asked to remain anonymous, said that almost every NFLer checks his messages at halftime. Could a locker room Tweet be far behind? It has already happened in the NBA with Charlie Villanueva.

Chad is planning to unveil more than just Tweets this season.

“Everything that you're not supposed to do as a player will be done,” he said. “Pushing the envelope. In a fun way. I'm not going to do anything degrading to the people I'm playing against."

You can follow all the Tweets of Ocho Cinco and more than 300 other athletes on our sister site AthleteTweets.com.

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Jonathan from LA

Great story, SportsFanLive!

Free speech isn't so free when the NFL can fine you.

Macattack

This is really an awesome, well-written story. I think this is going to get picked up throughout the internet.

TomahawkTrio

Compelling, Rich...breaking news on SportsFanLive!

Disgusted with pro sports

Great....another spoiled, overpaid athlete that cant follow rules. Great role models for the kids. If this guy wasnt playing football, he would probably be robbing 7-11 stores!

Pete from nj

First of ll, alll would be nice if you could understand what was being said on this clip! Cinco is an immature, pampered superstar. Stop the freedom of speech bull!

Lonnie

what a fine young man! money obviously doesnt buy character and maturity.

iron mike

freedom of speech isnt a free pass to be a jerk and act however you want. i thought these were"professional" athletes. not very professional behavior

big time

i dont care how fast he runs or how many balls he catches, if he worked for me i would have fired his ass a long time ago.

yeah

selfish child. its only a matter of time before he gets a dui or arrested with cocaine or just quits because hes immature and mentally weak. cinci will continue to stink with characters like him

dog house

maybe he should have tried to mentor travis henry or the rest of these guys instead of being selfish

delete ocho cinco

more press on a moron that can't play a team sport! it;s all about me! right here, please pay attention to me!!! i'll change my name just so you won't forget it's me! just ask chris carter who's living a reality check.(great mentor for this moron) i want all of the records, but hold the rings please! stats, interviews and everything that won't help you win. i want endorsements not rings!!!! these idiots don't understand that championships and the hall of fame are permanent! not a two year contract. please stop covering this moron!!!!!

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whats tweeting?

A true Fan

Once again colorful Pro athaletes prove how intelegent and focused they are. If he wasn't playing ball, I,m sure he would of been a Lawyer or Doctor or maby even a Rocket Scientest, yea right(or a Thug, & Shot Dead)

EZNYC

Some points are worth being made...other points MUST be made. This is neither. This is the kid in class who says, "Why can't I talk in class? It's a free country!" I understand these guys are hired for their specific skill sets, but can't we institute some sort of maturity guidelines for these PROFESSIONALS? Probably not since it's not in the interest of the league's bottomline (understood). Any other institution in any other business would have stepped up and laid down the rules and stuck to them. I hope the NFL sticks to their guns here. If this was war-time America, we'd all be nazis at this point with the types of 'heroes' our children have to look up to. I mean really, twitter as a constitutional rite? Who's bad joke is this anyway?

Sportscat1

Bull crap, Suspend him!!! Follow the rules or get out of the game pal!!!

Methos

Fools like this need to be put in there place and let known there not that important in life.

Louis

What a spoiled rotten punk, fire him and take all his money away....let him work at the car wash and tweet all he wants.......who needs him anyway.

James

it would be so awesome if we had neighborhood teams with real folks. And if we the fans who love the sport would spend our money to go see them instead of these overpaid jerks that would flip the game upside down.. NFL stands for not football league Not a fan league but instead Need Funds League.

Dolly

I say he is just a pussy, never minded his parents, a real low life, a big bully and has no compasssion, just wants to be a wanna be. He has no meaning to life, it's all about him. He needs God in his life, maybe he could share something great with the world.

Justice

When you are working for someone else. You have a responsibility to to govern yourself to the league rules and regulations. O.J.'s attitude is what got him in the trouble that he is facing today. Grow-up, Grow-up, Grow-up Ochocinco Chad...

Jerry

When you are hired to do a job.. You agree to the contract of labor or job rules. It is clearly on the side of common sense and or knowledge of why you should not have any communications device on the sidelines of any sport.. ie."hey tell the coach we are gonna throw the ball to number 22" get real.. Fire the guy or let him tweet about how awesome it is to be loosing 14,000 a game and not playing and building stats.

Bengal Fan

I'm tired of Ocho Psycho and his "me first" attitude. He will never be a winner because he thinks he is bigger than the team. Unfortunately, as a Bengal fan, not only do I have to read the national coverage of this idiot, but also the local stories. His attitude is no longer welcome in Cincinnati by anyone who it a true fan and understands the concept of "team sport."

Alex Tx.

I have to agree. This is truly selfish I see that he not even talking about bringing home a championship he looking for people to notice that he is tweeting, caatch the balls chad and when you're done look into your inbox and answer the questions while going back home. You are going to go down in history as a great talent in the sport but a loser in good sportmanship attributes, if you can live with that then tweet on brotha,

Sugah

He needs to grow up. Its you job and on a job you follow the company rules. They pay these athletes all that money and they get spoiled. Doesnt he know there is another young man waiting in the wings to take his spot.

Tex

Typical of his kind !

Junior from L.A.

Does this guy have any respect for the game at all? I agree with 'disgusted', this guy would be robbing stores or breaking the law in some way if he were not a pro sports figure...

t from mobile

Like any other job. If the boss, board, leader says no, your out of there. Fire the moron!

living in China

Chad is great! The Bengals and Cincinnati need him. He is great for the team and the fans. He has heart.

Ed from Louisville

Hey Dude or what ever your name is, get a real life

notafan

I think the NFL should get rid of idiots like this one. It's a good thing his mom got him into football, we don't need another stupid welfare recipient. You can't fix stupid

BIGG T.FROM OHIO

I THINK IF A MAN WANTS TO PLAY A REAL MANS SPORT LIKE FOOTBALL PLAY IT .IF HE WANTS TO ACT LIKE A CHILD HE NEEDS TO WIPE HIS TEARIE EYES AND GET OUT OF THE SPORT AND STAY OUT .

Peter John

Fire him. Give him some time not playing a game he is payed well by his Masters. Then he can sit home and surf the web and text all day long.

Renbukai

Let's face it, the NFL is a job for Chad & a business for them. I can't spend my day on twitter at work, and if I told my boss to shove it I would be tuning up my resume' by days end.