Last Call: Ocho, Gently Into That Good Night
Vaya con Dios, Esteban.
It’s silly and trivial and stupid to be upset that Chad Ochocinco is apparently leaving Twitter.
But, still, if athletes are entertainers (and, of course, they are), why not allow them to entertain? The NFL has been an enemy of individual personalities since the days of the St. Louis Rams’ harmless “Bob ‘n Weave” celebration, ludicrously penalized for involving more than one player, and even with its relatively harmless crackdown on Twitter, will chase more athletes like Ochocinco away from their personal outlets.
If the league needs its image to be that of a homogeneous and advertiser-friendly product, that’s their prerogative. But the NFL’s brand relies on the quality of play more than its image, and the NFL’s attempts to control its message, from starting its own network and becoming a self-sustaining entity that can put on and cover its own show to instituting strict conduct policies, will be undermined again and again by determined individual actors.
On the field, Ochocinco may lose a step this year. Here’s hoping that off the field, the NFL won’t be able to contain him.
The Links:
- Who to watch in college football [The Phoenix Pub].
- Yahoo! fails at music references [Sportress of Blogitude]
- Previewing the Cleveland Browns [Style Points]
- Samer on LeGarrette Blount [Second-String Fullback]
- How to make Nick Swisher productive at home [Behind The Moat]
The Bull Session Question
What do you want from your entertainers?
It should be mandatory for all professional athletes to have twitter accounts. I think you actually get some interesting stuff out of twitter rather than the bland horseshit most athletes spoon out to the MSM.
The world is a lesser place without an ochocinco feed.
/ain’t even bullshittin’
/will be setting up an account with the same name as soon as he deletes the account
I have never followed a twitter. That will be my first one.
Child please.
Ok there is no one here, but I’m gonna throw this out there for the masses. I know I can’t be the only one that enjoyed the hell out of Oregon’s RB knocking the smugness off that jackasses face last night. Right?
Since he’s not going to be busy for a while, Dana White should let Brock beat the shit out of him. 1 fight contract. Who wouldn’t pay for that.
I was just stoked to see a pass longer than 7 yards.
Oh, and it’s bullshit that the asshole wasn’t suspended.
My goal for this season is to piss Greg Paulus off like that fan pissed Blount off to the point where he almost attacked him. It may involve a 5 foot by 3 foot poster of him getting tea-bagged.
Perhaps a sign asking Paulus how Danny Green’s ass taste.
I enjoyed it, the schadenfreude was delicious.
SC said a suspension is coming for the guy that got punched as well.
I hope so. I was completely fine with that douchenozzle getting knocked the fuck out. I can watch that over and over and over again. Going after fans wasn’t the smartest idea though.
The guy who was punched was a defensive end (Bryan Hout), not just a random fan. According to an article I read, he will receive a stern talking to and nothing more. I’d love to be wrong.
Jerry Hairston, Jr.: Huh, what? (drops plate of food.)
Andy Pettitte: (Muttering.) Typical.
+1 CW. +1.
Just drafted this team. What are my chances?
brees
chris johnson
pierre thomas
larry johnson
colston
berrian
gates
chargers
akers
kevin walter
fred taylor
lesean mccoy
harvin
winslow
jason campbell
chris henry
Not a fan of LJ (injuries) and Berrian (inconsistency) starting, but Brees is the man and if Westbrook gets hurt than Shady’s a stud.
I would like to have that team.
Looks pretty good. Pierre Thomas is a little dinged up but he is completely undervalued as a fantasy player and it makes no fucking sense whatsoever, Bush be damned. If you’re going to have three primary players from one team, might as well be the Saints.
Also like Henry as a sleeper pick and agree with RATL on LJ and Berrian.
Hey, is there a Britney Spears sex tape b/c I’ve got a ton of porn bots following me/us on twitter w/ an avatar that says “Britney/K-Fed sex tape” and the pic looks a helluva lot like Britney trying to suck start some dude.
It’s not; that’s a screen from a fake tape that spammers have used forever.
wow, Constitutional Law on Friday nights is almost as boring as that SC-NC State game last night
Good night guys and AA there’s beer that needs drinking.
Good night. Thanks for reminding me I have beer in the fridge.
AA, that turtle is currently two miles from civilization in the deep woods of West Tyson State park.
I am so late to respond (I got distracted), but that’s great to hear.
So…whats going on everybody, what’d I miss
Well….Tulane’s best offense appears to be the pooch punt.
Ah so a barn burner kind of game I take it
It makes the NC State SC game look like game of the year material.
At least I can see what New Mexico will be up against in a week – an ass-whuppin of Blountian proportions.
So… everyone’s gone for the night?
I’m wearing pants right now, but if nobody’s here, by god, the pants are coming off.
Joe Cullen thinks that it shouldn’t matter if people are around or not – the pants are coming off.
Да, интернет – он не маленький, если и такое даже можно откопать ;)