ESPN.com news services / 8-24-10
Chad Ochocinco already has been hit with his first fine of the new NFL season -- nearly three weeks before the games start to count.
The NFL fined Ochocinco $25,000 for two violations -- possessing an electronic device and posting messages on Twitter -- during the Cincinnati Bengals' preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Aug. 20.
NFL players are not permitted to post messages on social media websites starting 90 minutes before kickoff and until postgame media obligations are fulfilled. His tweet at 9:53 p.m. was regarding a hit he absorbed in the game.
"Man Im sick of getting hit like that , its the damn preseason
! 1day I'm gone jump up and start throwing hay makers , #Tylenolplease," he wrote.
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