NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson is a strange guy. Excuse me, it's Chad Ochocinco now. For those of you that didn't know, he legally changed his last name to match his jersey number. He wears jersey number 85, and "ocho cinco" means "eight five" in Spanish. Because of antics like these, Ochocinco has gathered a mixed reputation amongst NFL fans. Most people either love him and think he's hilarious, or hate him and think he's an annoying attention seeker.
Ochocinco further cemented his reputation as an attention seeker by signing up for a Twitter account. The NFL has already prevented Ochocinco from tweeting during games, but he still maintains an active presence on the site.
In fact, this past weekend, Ochocinco was involved in one of the most interesting Twitter-related stories that I've heard. He's now calling his Twitter account the "Ochocinco News Network (OCNN)." Ochocinco has started rewarding followers of the OCNN on Twitter with special offers. Last weekend, while the Bengals were in Pittsburgh to play the Steelers, Ochocinco tweeted that the first two people who walked up to the concierge at his hotel and said "Ochocinco" would be treated to a shopping spree at a local mall where they could get anything they wanted, "within reason" of course. And he followed up on his promise: http://twitpic.com/pjvgz.
In addition, he's gone to the movies with fans, and posted when he's on Xbox Live so fans can challenge him to a game. This past week, he offered to send an autographed jersey to two random fans who retweeted a message that he posted. Ochocinco seems to legitimately care about his fans, and he shows it by taking time from his own life to show his appreciation. He may still be an attention seeker, but he seems like a genuinely good guy.
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