14 DAY TRIAL // In every group of people around the world, there is a person that always seems to be updated with the latest technology trends around the web. Well, in the NFL, that person is male-diva WR, Chad Ochocinco from the Cincinnati Bengals. After recent developments in the league's player conduct policy, the disgruntled Bengals WR seems to have lost all interest in updating his Twitter account and plans to delete it in the near future.
On a Twitter update a couple of hours ago (see attached screenshot), Chad stated that “Due to the many rules the NFL has made I've found it difficult to enjoy Twitter and I'll be deleting my account.
He then added that “I thank and love you all for following, hope you enjoyed getting to know the real me: Esteban out” (Esteban being a moniker he uses to call himself).
Now, let's go back a few months ago. Thanks to his huge charisma and personality (NFL.com ranked him number 1 personality in this top ten video), everything that he did, is or will be ever doing will get constant media coverage. So, when Chad started publicly stating that he would update his Twitter account during games, not only did he scare the hell out of league officials, but it brought so much attention to Twitter that a few days later almost every player in the league had his own account from which they were leaking precious team or NFL information to the media.
Faced with this huge information leakage problem, the NFL decided to quickly take action and announced a set of rules that were officially released to the public and players at the end of August.
Not discouraged by this new set of rules, Chad went on even to crop a complex plan in which, after he scored, he would have signaled to a spectator in the stands and that person would have updated his account for him. Unfortunately, the NFL corrected a paragraph in the rules with this, “No updates are permitted to be posted by the individual himself or anyone representing him during this prohibited time on his personal Twitter (Twitter), Facebook (Facebook) or any other social media account.”
So, even if Chad wants to pout and cry about his harsh environment, threaten Twitter followers and the NFL, maybe it’s his fault for not keeping his mouth shut in the first place. Meanwhile, the league should get some fines ready for Mr. Ochocinco, because this new set of rules won't stop Chad from breaking them, since he has already broken all the previous rules. And in a nice way, we should add, that's why we love this guy.
Planning to keep up to date with the new-media environment, Chad, for a couple of months now, has started to broadcast personal shows on web streaming service UStream. Meanwhile, we leave you with some of Chad's on the field shenanigans.
