Saturday, September 6, 2008

The NFL Owns You

Today's story within a story comes from the NFL courtesy of Chad Somebody-or-other.

Chad is a superstar wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals with a flair for the retardedly dramatic. In 2006 he was fined by the league for wearing a jersey with the words "ocho cinqo" (his number) on the back, rather than his name. This past off season he did what any reasonable human being would do after a year or so of thought, he changed his last name to Ocho Cinqo.

CNBC's Darren Ravell interviewed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this week. When asked about Chad's name change, Goodell said, "We just approved this yesterday."

Attention NFL players: you can legally change your name but it's not official until the league brass approve it.

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