Ocho Cinco es Loco?

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver formerly known Chad Johnson officially changed his name earlier in the week to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco. The NFL officially recognizes the name change and the process is complete. Despite where you stand on the personality that is Ocho Cinco, remember he is in the entertainment business.

It appears that most media pundits are now tired of him and this is the straw that breaks the camels back. They say he is constantly in the news and is always seeking attention, and those allegations may or may not have credibility depending on your perception. But the media has handled him inappropriately and often misrepresented him. I have met plenty of Chad's but the media is apparently just being introduced. Often times he is toying with the media because they come to him for sound bites and he knows it just as well as everyone else, but the error is when they take him seriously. He is Shaq but ten times as sarcastic, and if this makes any sense he is serious about playing. The other portion of this is the notion that the media is tired of him, but have they not realized that they keep coming to him and they are in control of the airwaves. Therefore i don't believe them because if they were really perturbed by him then they wouldn't seek him out as often as they do.

Bottom line is that he is the entertainment business and really everything that he has done (except maybe one thing) is harmless. The main is totally innocuous. So if the man wants to change his name...let him, if he wants to talk about hitting his quarterback in the knee...let him, if he wants to talk about being the Charles Haley pool champ and beating Mike Phelps...LET HIM. Oh and by the way he is easily one of the top 5 receivers in the NFL.