[閒聊] Ochocinco promises more antics

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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco is taking the NFL's fine
for his latest touchdown celebration as a challenge to do more.

Ochocinco was fined $30,000 for briefly donning a mock poncho and a sombrero
next to the bench following his touchdown catch during a 23-13 win over
Detroit on Sunday. That's $10,000 more than the fine he got for pretending to
bribe an official during a game earlier this season.

The receiver said Wednesday he's not sure why the amount went up so much.

"That's OK," he said. "They keep jacking them up, I'll keep jacking up the
celebrations."

Earlier in his career, Ochocinco regularly got fined for his celebrations.
Some of his most memorable included doing a river dance, pretending to
perform CPR on a football and using the end zone pylon as a golf club. He
also donned a mock Hall of Fame jacket on the sideline.

With receivers competing to top each other's celebrations, the league cracked
down, making it illegal to use a prop on the field or have a rehearsed
celebration with teammates.

Ochocinco scaled back on the celebrations earlier this season. He did a
Lambeau Leap -- into a section of Bengals fans -- during a win at Green Bay,
but toned down his act as the team won games and moved into first place in
the AFC North.

There had been no chance to celebrate a touchdown lately. Ochocinco went four
games without one before finally getting into the end zone against the Lions.
Asked if the brief celebration -- he wore the hat for only a couple of
seconds -- was worth the hefty fine, he said, "You're damn right it was. That
was fun."

The league fined him $20,000 and reprimanded him for taking a dollar bill
onto the field as a pretend bribe during a win over Baltimore on Nov. 8. He
held the dollar in his right hand as he approached the officials during a
review of one of his catches. He kept the dollar after an official motioned
for him to stay away.

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

Ochocinco said Wednesday that he'll keep doing things that cross the league's
line.

"I play to have fun," he said. "I don't play for the dollar amount. Maybe
that's why they take so much money, because they think we play for the money.
Maybe they'll get the point -- I play to have fun, not for the money."

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→ dougho:果然是no fun league...
推 mrkey:do it !
推 vip82:為什麼不開放5~10秒的celebration呢 超過可以罰碼數
→ vip82:這樣效果比罰錢好吧  很喜歡看endzone celebration  XD
推 TomCourtenay:這個罰款莫名其妙 罰挑釁就好 他甚至不在end zone耶
推 JamesSoong:有影片連結嗎?  我超愛看TD celebration的