Quote:
Johnson now Ocho Cinco
CINCINNATI - The NFL decided Thursday to recognize receiver Chad Johnson’s legal name change to Chad Ocho Cinco. The new name will be on the back of his Cincinnati Bengals uniform for the season opener in Baltimore on Sunday.
The receiver had his name changed in his home state of Florida last week. It’s a reference to his uniform number - Ocho Cinco means “eight five” in Spanish. When the NFL celebrated Hispanic Heritage month in 2006, he wore it on the back of his uniform for pregame warmups, but had to remove it for the game because of NFL rules - it wasn’t his real name.
The Pro Bowl receiver asked the media to start calling him by his new name this week. The Bengals couldn’t change the name on his uniform until the NFL gave permission.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press, league spokesman Greg Aiello said simply: “It’s his legal surname.”
one of the things that I find stupid about this is 85 is really ochenta y cinco...
But this is just another "LOOK AT ME" grab by a fading player on a fading team.
