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CINCINNATI – Chad Ochocinco’s pretend $1 bribe is going to cost him a lot more.

The Cincinnati Bengals receiver was fined $20,000 and reprimanded by the NFL for taking a dollar bill onto the field during an officials’ review of one of his catches last Sunday. Ochocinco held the dollar in his right hand at his side but didn’t give it to the official, who motioned for him to stay away.

Ochocinco said he was just having fun, but the league didn’t like it.

Ray Anderson, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, sent Ochocinco a letter that said: “The very appearance of impropriety is not acceptable. Your conduct was unprofessional and unbecoming an NFL player.”

The letter cited league rules that prohibit abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures toward officials. The letter also noted that players are prohibited from taking items onto the field that are not part of their uniform. The league has cracked down on players using props for celebrations.

During the third quarter of Cincinnati’s 17-7 win over the Baltimore Ravens, officials initially ruled that Ochocinco got both feet down at the sideline for a 15-yard catch. The Ravens challenged, and the call was overturned when replays showed the receiver’s toe landed on the white sideline.

While the play was under review, Ochocinco walked toward the officials with the dollar bill.

In response to the fine, the company that made Ochocinco’s iPhone application said it will donate an additional $20,000 in the receiver’s name to the Hillview Acres home for abused children in Chino, Calif. John Shahidi, the president and CEO of Rock Software, Inc., has assisted the home. Also, Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer hosts an annual golf tournament that has raised more than $400,000 for it.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    These cats really need to learn that they are under a microscope and any little thing will get them fined, suspended, or kicked out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smokedoggh2o/ smokedoggh2o

    yea, but it shouldn’t be like that!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DRK_CHOCOLATE09/ DRK_CHOCOLATE09

    got find for 20,000 for a 1 dollar bribe wow thats a dissed though
    if he was white they would keep that on the sssshhhhhhh tip.

    no fair fo that one

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jack_Stephen1/ Jack_Stephen1

    this ain’t gonna stop this f’n clown!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tastypimpette4va/ tastypimpette4va

    “C’mon Son.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pretty-cp/ pretty-cp

    This is not a race issue. I am a coach as well as a former player and anyone that has sense and is involved with athletics knows that athletes are expected to have respect and discipline just like a soldier on the ball field. You are ball player, nothing else. Therefore do your job. This goes for children in grade school playing for the school to professionals. He should not have been over there in the first place. If anyone needs to question the call it is the coaches job. Once players are aware of their place and know the proper protocol then all will be well. Unfortunately, some of these professionals have not learned that as of yet. Just as much money they give you, is just as much that they can take away. Too all athletes be humble and grateful for where you are and who you are by God’s grace. To God Be The Glory.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/VA_AMAZE/ VA_AMAZE

    CHILD PLEASE!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    pretty-cp, Who said that this was a race issue, what are you talking about?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Godell is a dick. This had to be one of the funniest thing’s to ever happen in the NFL and it cost him 20,000 dollars are you fckin serious!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xcalibur55412/ xcalibur55412

    This has got to be the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard. Not that Johnson was fined $20,000, but the fact that he even brought the dollar on the field. Whether he did it for kicks or not, Johnson is gettin way too big of a head about his playin skills. He’s not even that good of a player and an even worse human being. This kind of behavior is so unprofessional and intolerable. Whats wrong with just playing the game and having fun within it. If you;re not gonna abide by the rules and respect the players, coaches refs and teamates, then leave the league!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mimiboo_15/ Mimiboo_15

    @ TMAC_35000…IF YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE OTHER COMMENTS DARK_CHOCOLATE09 CLEARY SAID THAT IF CHAD JOHNSON WAS WHITE THEN THEY WOULD HAVE KEPT THE INCIDENT ON A HUSH…THATS WHERE PRETTY-CP IS COMING IN SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT A RACE ISSUE

    IN OTHER NEWS THIS WAS A STUPID MOVE….PEOPLE ARE DOING DUMB S**T LIKE THEY NOT BEING WATCHED..BUT CHAD CAN MAKE THAT $20,000 BACK..JUST BE CAREFUL NEXT TIME JACK A**

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GuardianMatrix/ GuardianMatrix

    man I am so tired of hearing about Chad Johnson’s childish behavior in the NFL. And not I am not going to call him by that other name….I will call him by the name his mother gave him at birth..”Chad Johnson”. Does he not know that he is disgracing himself in the NFL. Does he honestly think he will get into the Hall of Fame with the way that he is acting. If does get in, it will be as the NFL “Class Clown”. As a black man he should act better than what he is displaying. He may think that it is all about him, but in truth; it really is not about him. Is this really hao we want to be betrayed in the NFL? I think we, as a race united, should let him know…cut the BS man and just play football, the sh*t is getting old. Act your age and not your shoe size.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkpuddn/ blkpuddn

    GOOD…HE’S AN ASSHOLE!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dopegurlmagic17/ Dopegurlmagic17

    true dumba$$

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/verlgurl/ verlgurl

    at least there was an acutal show!!!! i mean come on the fres are some bull s**t ass players in the rank!!!! lets see some real playing w/ some real players

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_silentstare_/ _silentstare_

    All that money and these fools still don’t have an education to act properly on and off the field… They won’t be able to say they weren’t given a chance in life if they lose it all one day…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jeenyus/ jeenyus

    it was just ah joke, an that s**t was funny… that’s why football’s more boring now, cuz u can’t do anything that’s fun or exciting… an tha no touchdown celebrations sucks…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    If Brett Farve would have done this, they would have said… “He just loves the game” “F” da NFL… kocksuckas

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Darcman-79/ Darcman-79

    welp… it seems ole Chad gotta brive the nfl comission now so far he got $1 now all he need to is get the $19,999 witch im shure he got laying arond
    in the ashtry of his car the nfl comission aint right for that he was was only joken did’t know it was rule agenst joken in the nfl.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexycalichica07/ sexycalichica07

    blkpuddn how is Chad Ochocinco (Chad Johnson) an a*****e did u read what he said all he was trying to do is have fun, but the league didn’t like it… and Dopegurlmagic how is he a true dumbass Chad Ochocinco is not a dumb ass he like one of the funniest receivers i have ever seen he the only guy that can score touchdowns and do funny moves specially like the river dance and proposing to a cheerleader and saying he gonna be in da hall of fame man anyone who hates Ochocinco doesn’t know anything bout him or the NFL and i believe wat some people say they fined him cuz he black and if he was white or hispanic or anything else he would not been fined but these refs are f***in stupid and dey be BS Fuk dem refs and officials who never make plays or calls right

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexycalichica07/ sexycalichica07

    blkpuddn how is Chad Ochocinco (Chad Johnson) an a*****e did u read what he said all he was trying to do is have fun, but the league didn’t like it… and Dopegurlmagic how is he a true dumbass Chad Ochocinco is not a dumb ass he like one of the funniest receivers i have ever seen he the only guy that can score touchdowns and do funny moves specially like the river dance and proposing to a cheerleader and saying he gonna be in da hall of fame man anyone who hates Ochocinco doesn’t know anything bout him or the NFL and i believe wat some people say they fined him cuz he black and if he was white or hispanic or anything else he would not been fined but these refs are f***in stupid and dey be BS Fuk dem refs and officials who never make plays or calls right STUPID REFS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PharaohXI/ PharaohXI

    NlGGER ACT UP ON MASSAS FIELD NlGGER GET PUNISHED.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Zeru25/ Zeru25

    Cosigns with Pharaoh

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackHeartPanther/ BlackHeartPanther

    Wow! Some of U ppl R really dumb I mean come on saying if he was white then this wouldn’t B a issue. I mean Chad is a funny dude & has been fined plenty of times 4 things he has done. He does it 2 get in the spot light, but of course the NFL doesn’t want ANY kind of image of that when ppl already swear the game is fixed. I love Chad he always makes me laugh, but it points back 2 the real issue majority of blacks r the athletes or entertainers & the whites R the owners or corportate bosses we gotta make a change!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Charvon/ Charvon

    OH WELL IT ANOTHER TAX WRITE OFF

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    First of all Chad don’t have to do nothing but STAY BLACK AND DIE…If he wants to bring entertainment to the NFL let him…If he wants to dance show a dollar bill whatever it was a joke for the simple fact I know officials make more than a 1 dollar to even consider…. so everybody should of laughed like get that dollar out of here….haha…did u see chad tryna offer me 4 quaters what ima buy a new whistle? I mean come on you suppose to laugh at life to keep from stressing or buggin out….Let him do him DUECES****

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YUNGKING_1980/ YUNGKING_1980

    Damn… I love watchin football but it was better before they put all the stipulations in it. fining players for really having a good time for doing what they do best. Like when Joe Horn pulled out his cell phone in the inzone after scorin, when T.O. pulled out a sharpie pen outta his sock & signed a football in the in zone after he scored, when Randy Moss pretended to moon the opposing fans after he scored. But you get the picture cause I could go on & on. But what Im sayin is these were classic moments. They new that they were going to score if not they damn sure was trying like hell to hit that end zone to show off. But it was all in fun….Now they wanna fine u for having fun…DAMN!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    People can’t jest anymore? It’s coo for an NFL cheerleader to wear black face, but Chad can’t joke with a green back? Just another way for these bytches to take a dollar they didn’t earn.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Native_Pride09/ Native_Pride09

    I don’t see why they would make such a big deal about it…stuuuuuuuuuupid!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/coolguy05/ coolguy05

    LOL, that guy is the funniest most original jokester in the NFL. Let him keep us laughing out loud without silly fines!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/th3livinmatrix/ th3livinmatrix

    All I have to say is it’s sad that creativity is stifled in the NFL nowadays, if that’s the case they shoulda banned the Icky Shuffle, or The Neon Deion end zone dance… c’mon man Ocho puts a lot of thought into his anctics it’s to entertain us, that’s y he is more loved than any other receiver in the NFL cuz of his actions after he scores a touch down, that is sad but really $20,000 is like what $2.00 is to us out of our pocket, it ain’t nuthin, and he gon keep havin his fun, so f**k the uppity ass people in the NFL and yea some of the calls them refs call it does seem like u have to bribe they ass to get a call to go ur way that should go ur way in the first place… but anyways Chad keep doin what u do man, just leave them dogs alone LMAO!!! HOLLA

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