If you’re even a remote follower of the NFL, you’ve heard all about the fuss regarding Chad Johnson and his conflicts with the Cincinnati Bengals. Why is Chad so upset? Nobody really knows. Not even Chad. In the beginning he said he was fed up with having to shoulder so much blame for the Bengals losing because of his outlandish antics, but more recently he has been quoted as saying “it’s about the money.” Now, unless Chad is broke (which is a very real possibility considering he hasn’t payed over $20,000 in taxes to the city of Cincinnati), I find it very unlikely that this whole fiasco is about the money. People around the NFL, even the Bengals themselves had become fed up with his one-man show and being the little kid at heart, if Chad can’t play, Chad is gonna cry.
As we edge closer to training camp, new details have been added to the saga. ProFootballTalk.com reports that Chad intends to attend the mandatory minicamp that starts on June 12 rather than have to pay the daily fines that being a no-show would incur. PFT goes on to say that, while Chad plans to report, as they hear it, he intends to “not doing anything” besides simply report. Of course, you have to question the credibility of a source such as the rumor mill that is PFT, but I think there is at least some truth to this story. There’s no way Chad skips training camp; frankly I don’t think that he can financially afford to. Now his motivation is the true x-factor. Will he pull a Terrell Owens and refuse to do anything or will he pull a Randy Moss in Oakland and play out the season, half-assing every route and alligator-arming every ball across the middle. I say neither. Chad’s ego is simply too large to allow him to quit. He may not be thinking about the team when he’s playing this season, but he will do everything he can to get his stats. He’s a self-proclaimed future Hall-of-Famer and Hall of Fame guys can’t afford to take a season off.
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