DULUTH, Ga. (AP) Chad Ochocinco now is going to try bull riding.
The Cincinnati Bengals receiver who earlier this year had a tryout with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer, has accepted a challenge from Professional Bull Riders chief operating officer Sean Gleason to ride a bull at the LucasOil Invitational this weekend in Duluth.
Ochocinco will earn $10,000 if he rides a bull. If he can stay aboard for the required eight seconds, the PBR will give Ochocinco a new Ford F-150, as well as allow him to rename the bull.
Gleason says Ochocinco is ''a gifted athlete, but bull riding is a much different sport and climbing on the back of a bull in the chutes takes a little more than Twitter confidence, let alone calling for the gate (to open).''
What an attention freak.Like he needs a new truck and 10 grand.
This guy is a disaster. I almost feel bad for him. The only way he can get into the news is by changing his name, dancing on tv, playing soccer, or riding a bull. He's so irrelevant on the field that it's depressing how much he's unwilling to accept it.
Man, I look back on that stupid HOF jacket stunt he pulled on the sideline and remember quite a few people, not on here, backing up that he'd be in the Hall. There would be 10 WR's from the current generation to get in before him. Again, his play on the field is a footnote to his "celebrity". Sad.
“...Iguodala to Curry, back to Iguodala, up for the layup! Oh! Blocked by James! LeBron James with the rejection!”
Ochocinco has been positioning himself for a career post-football for at least the past five years.
Love him or hate him, he has become a pseudo-celebrity outside teh lines of the gridiron. He is a colorful personality who is instantly recognizable outside the sport. He has branded himself Ochocinco and this provides him with instant name-recognition.
He knows his career is tailing off, and he has probably known that for quite some time. Football players don't last forever, and the past few years he has been working to pursue other opportunities outside of football.
Reality television, PR stunts, broadcasting, show business. Chad Ochocinco has his hands in all of this--and though it will be challenging to remain relevant after football---he certainly has proven to able to draw a crowd, and attention despite wavering performances ont the football field.
He has sucked the past two years, but people still watch his reality show, and the news still runs print on whatever hijinx he's got going next. Only time will tell how long he remain relevant as a television personality, but right now, it appears that his off-the-field persona functions independently from his production on the football field.
Quote: Careful....there seem to be a lot of Chad lovers on this board.
I wouldnt call myself a Chad lover,but I have spoken to him a few times and he seems to be genuinely a good dude. Hes really just a big goofy kid,who likes to have fun. Yeah, he likes the attention too,but that just him.
Just to throw another way of looking at things for people to consider, if your fame and money allowed you to experience a bunch of things isnt it just smart to take advantage and do those things? Hes fortunate,because of his money and fame he can pretty much do anything he wants to do. I would love to be in that position.Guys just living his life and enjoying it to the max,whats wrong with that?
KING
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Absolutely nothing at all, life is NOT a spectator sport - you have to get out and do things to get the most out of it and bravo to him for doing that..... it's just the media/attention whore way of doing it that rubs people the wrong way.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
Quote: Absolutely nothing at all, life is NOT a spectator sport - you have to get out and do things to get the most out of it and bravo to him for doing that..... it's just the media/attention whore way of doing it that rubs people the wrong way.
+1
I don't dislike the man, it just appears he's trying to remain popular because he likes the attention. Very "Favre" of him, in my opinion.
I'm sure he's a fun dude, smart, kind, and probably a great friend. I don't think him being a Bengal has any negative spin on how I feel about him either.
I don't think professional athlete's have to fad into the sunset gracefully and remain behind closed doors forever because they've already served their purpose of entertaining us with their physical talents. However, there's something to be said about letting that side of your professional career come to you...and not whore yourself out to show you want to stay relevant.
I wish him the best, but stop with the prima donna act already.
“...Iguodala to Curry, back to Iguodala, up for the layup! Oh! Blocked by James! LeBron James with the rejection!”
Reading the article, however, I don't think this instance happens to be his doing.... seems that it's just good-natured fun. Now, if it's all been arranged by agents and promoters, then yeah, it's still attention-whoring, but if this is just what the article says, then it just sounds like a guy having fun with life and taking advantage of opportunities that come his way. I can't begrudge someone that in any way at all.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
Now I can root for the bull! Hope this lunacy ends his TV career. I want the chump to take on the safety instead. Still focused as ever on his football. A toast to the bull!
"Every responsibility implies opportunity, and every opportunity implies responsibility." Otis Allen Glazebrook, 1880
It's easy to talk, but another to climb on the back of one of those monsters and go for a ride....be it short.
Bulls don't listen to whistles or follow some set of rules, if they see you in their pen(and make no mistake, it is THEIR pen) or feel you on their back, they are pretty much going to try to kill you.
Pro bull riders deserve more credit. Those guys are tough as nails with some incredible skills.
This was one mean bull...they finally had to take him off the circuit. He learned how to smash riders faces in to his hump or head...and he did it darn near every time.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
I mean if Tuff Hedeman had trouble with a bull...then there isn't anyone who can ride him...
Who was the Bull That Lane Frost kept trying to ride??? Red Rock???
I give Chad props as well for getting on the bull as well...Hey, I have seen pro's get bucked off just as fast....so I won't crack on his ride...Frankly I reaslly don't know what he really expected....But I do give him props for getting onto the bull....
I knew a few bullriders from college and had a fraternity brother who rode bulls.....those guys were the definition of TOUGH.
I thought I was wrong once....but I was mistaken...
What's the use of wearing your lucky rocketship underpants if nobody wants to see them????
Chad.....He's done.....I saw some tape of an interview afterward...and he was pretty adamant that he wasn't going to try again...lol But he "manned up" so to speak and did what he said he would do and tried to ride the one time...And he brought some publicity not just to himself but to Bullriding as well. And that is not all bad...
I thought I was wrong once....but I was mistaken...
What's the use of wearing your lucky rocketship underpants if nobody wants to see them????
I personally don't find anything entertaining about anything he did. I don't like the "sport" and I don't like him, so I look at it a bit differently than you must.
I could care less about any publicity he brought to himself and I understand but disagree with those that feel the sport is unethical (totally another topic that I would rather not get into right now) But I do think the publicity and respect that has come for those that work very hard at what they do and take great risks.......yes, I think that was a good thing.
I thought I was wrong once....but I was mistaken...
What's the use of wearing your lucky rocketship underpants if nobody wants to see them????
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