For all the ranting and raving that Chad Ochocinco does, he does all of it with the best of intention. The sombrero and tweeting on the sidelines may not have been his best ideas in the world, but hey . . he has the courage to do it. He got ‘slapped on the wrist’ by the commish and then he moved on to bigger and better things.
This time he has gone too far.
There’s one thing to honor a fallen teammate by wearing a patch on writing something on your eye-black. Paying tribute to brother on the field should be done, and is done for many many good causes across sports. But wearing his number in a game less than a week after he has passed is just plain wrong.
Chris Henry has been in the league 5 years. All of them have been for the Cincinnati Bengals and all have been under the tutalige of the Ochocinco. He may have been his mentor, his buddy on the team, but you pay homage to a guy by wearing the patch and do it in the respectable way.
Instead he is flamboyantly going to wearing #15 in his honor, which is also against the rules of the NFL. Not only this but the NFL Players Union is going to pay for it.
Pay your respects to Chris Henry, honor his legacy on and off the field, but don’t go out and do for your own sake. Chad, this is the ultimate rock bottom.
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