Twit of the Day
NFL player Chad Ochocinco has been fined $25,000 for posting messages on his Twitter account too soon before and after a preseason game, according to ESPN.
The Cincinnati Bengals’ star wide receiver was fined for two separate on-field violations – possessing an electronic device and posting messages on the social networking website.
The NFL prohibits players from posting messages on social media websites 90 minutes before kickoff and until postgame media obligations are fulfilled.
Ochocinco posted two messages, one at 6:50 p.m. ET and another at 9.53pm ET. The game kicked off at 8.07pm ET.
“Man Im sick of getting hit like that, its the damn preseason [expletive]! 1day I’m gone jump up and start throwing hay makers, #Tylenolplease,” he wrote.
He later apologised via Twitter; “I’ve been fined by the league a substantial amount of money for tweeting, 1st time twitter hasn’t made me money but cost me money,” he wrote on Tuesday (August 24).
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