So Chad Johnson of the Cincinnazi Bungles had his name legally changed to Chad Ocho Cinco, then the NFL made him change the name on his jersey back to C. Johnson, by which I couldn't help but be reminded of that scene in Roots: "Your name is Toby!"
Now I'll defend Chad's right to change his name, but as Steve Dahl has repeatedly pointed out, "Ocho Cinco" translates to "Eight Five". If he wanted to get it right, he would change his last name to "Ochenta y Cinco" ("Eighty-Five").
But even then, what if he gets traded to another team that already has a player wearing 85 who doesn't want to relinquish it? Then he'll have to change his name again, thus becoming the Sean Combs of the NFL.
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