I don’t know where I stand on Chad Ochocinco.  Sometimes I think he’s good for the league, passionate about football, really just wants to win, and has a sense of humor I find intoxicating (at times).

On the other hand, there are moments, and lots of them, where I just write the guy off as an egotistical showboat, in it only for his personal glory, and a cancer in the locker room.

He’s like that girl you’re not sure about dating–some days she looks hot, other days she makes you throw up a little.

For the most part though I dig Ochocinco, stupid name change and all.  He just needs to stop pulling the stunts that get him in trouble with the league.  Such as updating his Twitter account…during a game.

That little stunt left the Bengals receiver $25,000 lighter in his rather hefty wallet.

The NFL is very straightforward in it’s policy on electronic devices and such, and the use of them during games.  Actually, players and coaches are prohibited from using any cell phone, computer, etc. from 90 minuted before kickoff, until after the final whistle blows.  Surely Chad Ochocinco knows this rule..hell, I’m pretty sure it was put in place strictly for him (and a few others).

But he did it anyway, and it cost him–two payments on his Bugatti to be precise.

Was he kidding?  Probably, but with Ochocinco, who really knows.  I’d like to think that with his money he could buy a Bugatti outright, but maybe the financing was too good to pass up.  If it was a joke, it was a pretty damn good one.

And if it wasn’t a joke…well, at least he learned his lesson.

[H/T to Chicago Breaking Sports]