Bengal's Ochocinco fined $20K for dollar-bill bribe joke

[Auggie]

NFL.com Wire Reports, 11-13-09

Chad Ochocinco's pretend $1 bribe cost him a lot more.

The NFL fined the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver $20,000 and reprimanded him 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 NFL'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."

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:wtf:

[JonLP24]

1. I don't really care but $20,000 is a lot

Tommy Harris punched a guy and got a $7,500 fine which is less then half what Ochocinco got.

[Auggie]

2. $20,000 gets the attentions of all morons

not to try another stunt like that one. What was Ochocinco thinking?

[Onceuponalife]

3. Ochocinco=douchebag

He's a bargain basement Terrell Owens when it comes to pulling stupid shit.

[MrSlayer]

4. He should know better. Those stuffed shirts in the NFL have no sense of humor at all.

No fun league is exactly right.

[Renew Deal]

5. That's not fun or funny

The suggestion of bribes is completely inappropriate.