Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Johnson Must Pay $4 Million to Sport "Ocho Cinco"

Steuart Martens by Correspondent Written on September 10, 2008
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CNBC’s Darren Rovell has reported that Reebok asked Chad Ocho Cinco (formally Chad Johnson) to buy out 100,000 jerseys with his old name on them for $40 apiece. This equates to roughly 50 (Cinco Cero) million pesos, or $4 (Cero Cuatro) million.  

It's crazy that Reebok pre-makes 100,000 jerseys. And worse, that someone in their right mind would buy a C. Johnson No. 85 jersey when they know it will soon read Ocho Cinco on his back.

It would be interesting to see someone like Nike or Adidas sign Ocho Cinco, and agree to buy out his jerseys. Let the bidding begin.

 

Read more here: InGameNow

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