Cincinnati Bengals' wide-receiver Chad Ochocinco is no stranger to controversy--and he's certainly no stranger to Twitter. When we last spoke to the football star, he boasted, "I tweet when the sun rises and sets because everything in between is interesting." And naturally that means tweeting during his games--to the pleasure of Rock Software and the anger of the NFL.
Today, the league hit Ochocinco up with a $25,000 fine for his tweets during a preseason game. The charges leveled against him include using an electronic device during playing time and for posting messages to his Twitter page. According to Espn, "NFL players are not permitted to post messages on social media websites starting 90 minutes before kickoff and until postgame media obligations are fulfilled."
During that time, Ochocinco tweeted twice--once before the game and once during. "Just talk with Kelly Washington, Desean Jackson, Geoff Pope, Hank Baskett and I caught a ball from Mike Vick,...
Today, the league hit Ochocinco up with a $25,000 fine for his tweets during a preseason game. The charges leveled against him include using an electronic device during playing time and for posting messages to his Twitter page. According to Espn, "NFL players are not permitted to post messages on social media websites starting 90 minutes before kickoff and until postgame media obligations are fulfilled."
During that time, Ochocinco tweeted twice--once before the game and once during. "Just talk with Kelly Washington, Desean Jackson, Geoff Pope, Hank Baskett and I caught a ball from Mike Vick,...
- 8/24/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
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