Chad Johnson says he lived in Bengals' stadium for two years

[wppete]

Smart if true. 

[Mr. WEO]

4 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I guess if he has his GF over, he could get laid on the 50-yard line. There aren't too many people who could say that.

 

Watch your back for TO, though...

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, chongli said:

WTF? I guess he is the real Baker Mayfield??

 

"Johnson joined NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on "Club Shay Shay" and talked about his financial responsibility. Johnson revealed that he lived in the Cincinnati Bengals' stadium for the first two years of his career because it had everything he needed to live.

 

"You gotta remember, I stayed at the stadium the first two years because I didn't want to spend no money," Johnson said. "What's the point? ... Why are you telling me to go rent a house, go buy a house, or go rent a condo when everything I need is right here in the facility at Paul Brown? Showers, cafeteria, TV, couch, gaming system. What's the point?"

 

1 hour ago, Gregg said:

I am surprised the Bengals allowed this. Why wouldn't he want to spend money. Professional athletes make way more money than the average Joe. He could easily afford his own place.

 

Surprised NFLPA allowed this with rules on off-season contacts between teams and players.

Is he just supposed to ignore coaches, front office staff and trainers who unlike players have all year long jobs?

[US Egg]

Beats a blew it all story.

[chongli]

26 minutes ago, Southern_Bills said:

This isn't unusual for practice squad players, I know he wasn't one, but I heard this reported a long time ago about Chad, so I believe it.

 

But I wonder does Cincinnati allow this? I know Twitter converted some of its leased headquarters in SF to living quarters, and the Department of Building Inspections investigated and made them get a license for that.

Edited February 24, 2023 by chongli

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, Gregg said:

I am surprised the Bengals allowed this. Why wouldn't he want to spend money. Professional athletes make way more money than the average Joe. He could easily afford his own place.

 

So we bust on pro athletes that go broke from spending money too much and now we bust on them for wanting to save their money too?

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

50 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

Watch your back for TO, though...

I'd be more weary of Carl Nassib

[Southern_Bills]

34 minutes ago, chongli said:

 

But I wonder does Cincinnati allow this? I know Twitter converted some of its leased headquarters in SF to living quarters, and the Department of Building Inspections investigated and made them get a license for that.

 

From what I understood when I seen him talking about it, and various practice squad players, there is so many workouts/meetings/treatment sessions going on, no one really knows you are staying there.

 

They would sleep in the players lounge and some coaches know, but no it isn't allowed. For all anyone knows though they are taking a nap between workouts/meetings etc.

 

 

[WhoTom]

1 hour ago, Real McNasty said:

On his rookie contract he made like 300K a year his 1st couple seasons. 

 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/chad-johnson-1350/cash-earnings/

 

Seems like enough to afford a place to live in Cinci.

 

[dave mcbride]

I forgot how good of a player he was: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnCh01.htm

[Don Otreply]

2 hours ago, Jerome007 said:

Now that's building team loyalty. Bengals had it right 😁

 

He was smart to save his money IMO.

 

Did he stay during the offseason too? What about... "GFs"?

GFs on the fifty yard line center of the field…, just sayin,

[Bills!Win!]

Is he the rare case of a football player that is smart off the field but dumb on the field?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, Gregg said:

 

I guess if he has his GF over, he could get laid on the 50-yard line. There aren't too many people who could say that.

Well, Buffalo Bills fans tried to help out Brady...didn't quite work out, though. 🙁

[dorquemada]

 

Or, he was smart enough to realize most NFL players have really short careers and was hedging his own bet.

[chongli]

1 hour ago, Southern_Bills said:

 

no one really knows you are staying there.

 

Until now! 😊

[msw2112]

If this is true, I assume that some of the coaching staff knew about it and looked the other way.  I'm sure that there are reasons why this would be illegal:

• stadium not zoned for residential use
• stadium lease with municipality would not permit use outside of the intended purpose
• liability insurance could be jeopardized by activities not permitted by the policy

All that aside, it really doesn't sound like too bad of an idea.  The only thing possibly missing is a good mattress.  You've got food (either "training table" food or hot dogs and popcorn), nice showers and bathrooms, TV's, gym facilities, in-house physical threapy, etc. and a very short commute!  Also, very convenient to downtown amenities.

Edited February 24, 2023 by msw2112

[DasNootz]

Chad wanted to save money.

Also Chad Johnson:
 

 

Edited February 24, 2023 by DasNootz

[zevo]

I've  seen an interview with him and his approach to money and saving. he bought all fake jewelry because nobody would know the difference. smart dude. 

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

After he was drafted and flying into Cincinnati, he looked out the window and said,

”I ain’t livin’ here”

 

either that or he went to the Mike Brown School of Economics.

[JoPoy88]

5 hours ago, chongli said:

WTF? I guess he is the real Baker Mayfield??

 

"Johnson joined NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on "Club Shay Shay" and talked about his financial responsibility. Johnson revealed that he lived in the Cincinnati Bengals' stadium for the first two years of his career because it had everything he needed to live.

 

"You gotta remember, I stayed at the stadium the first two years because I didn't want to spend no money," Johnson said. "What's the point? ... Why are you telling me to go rent a house, go buy a house, or go rent a condo when everything I need is right here in the facility at Paul Brown? Showers, cafeteria, TV, couch, gaming system. What's the point?"

ocho is a weird cat, but always liked him. Was he bringing women back to the stadium at night?