Bengals, NFL recognize Johnson's name change

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Posted: 4:52 PM Sep 4, 2008
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CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Bengals say No. 85 is
officially Ocho Cinco.
The NFL team said Thursday that they will refer to the receiver
formerly known as Chad Johnson by his new legal name, Chad Ocho
Cinco, in all club business. That includes the back of his jersey
for Sunday's season opener at Baltimore.
Johnson told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he wants to
be called by his new name, but declined to talk about it any
further.
Johnson, a Miami native, used "ocho cinco" in 2006 as part of
the NFL's Hispanic Heritage month. It means "eight five" in
Spanish.
He changed his name last month in Broward County, Fla.

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Posted by: Bubba Johnson Location: Stanford on Sep 4, 2008 at 11:19 PM
He can be called anything he likes. Look at P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs, etc. But the real question is if Johnson changes his name, will he play any better than last year? 8 games and no touchdown. TJ was better and was paid less. There should be some sort of contractual limits on pay should a player not produce up to expectations. And bonuses for doing better.

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