NFL Throws Flag on Ochocinco's Twitter Plan

The National Football League just tackled Chad Ochocinco’s ambitious plan to tweet during games via a contest winner short of the first down.

The league released its guidelines on social media, with one paragraph in particular seemingly aimed squarely toward the artist formerly known as Chad Johnson: “No updates are permitted to be posted by the individual himself or anyone representing him during this prohibited time on his personal Twitter, Facebook or any other social-media account.”

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