Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson…excuse me, Chad Ocho Cinco, has definitely kept himself in the spotlight during the offseason.  After being so upset about the moves, or lack thereof by his team in making sure they are a Super Bowl contender this season, he demanded a trade and eventually vowed to never play for them again.  After that got him nothing but grief from fans and the Sports Supreme Court we know as ESPN, he revisited a controversial issue from 2 seasons ago, just to spice things up. 

Although known for his innovative touchdown celebrations, Chad Johnson started warm-ups for a week 8 game against the Falcons in ’06 with “Ocho Cinco” attached to over his name with Velcro.  This harmless stunt which ended in Carson Palmer ripping the fake name off, revealing his normal, “C. Johnson” jersey cost Chad $5,000 in fines from the league. I guess those precious young NFL fans might get the wrong idea and start asking their parents about the devil language of Spanish in hopes of understand what their hero; Chad Johnson was trying to say with that devastating statement. 

Just before this fresh, new ’08 season began, Chad Johnson legally changed his name to Chad Ocho Cinco.  On Sunday’s season-opening game when everyone expected to see the name legally and freely splattered on the back of the guy everyone loves to hate, we saw the boringly familiar C. Johnson instead.  What the hell, how did they put shackles on him now? 

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