People are hopeful that the NFL lockout will soon end as players and owners continue to hash out a new labor agreement. Or perhaps they're just hopeful because NFL players desperately need something to do, otherwise they will ruin the world of entertainment.
Football stars are used to working hard and being the center of attention. The lockout has left many with idle hands. Surrounded by adoring entourages and with plenty of free time, players are starting to believe they need to express their artistic sides. This is not a good thing, as you'll see via the examples below. Please, NFL team owners, just give the players what they want so they'll stop torturing Hollywood.
Chris Johnson Releases Rap Song
The Tennessee Titans' franchise running back not only looks like Lil Jon and Lil Wayne, but he's trying to rhyme like them. Chris Johnson just released his first hip-hop single "Act on Deck" on Twitter. Rapping professional athletes are nothing new, but Johnson barely knows how to speak. To distract listeners from his weak rhymes, the producer samples a busy signal throughout the entire song. It's annoying but appropriate since that's the only sound Johnson will hear when calling record companies.
Steve Breaston Composes Poetry
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Steve Breaston has a YouTube channel under user name Stevie Phantom. On July 9, he posted a web cam video called "A League Deferred." With his DVD collection and a Thundercats painting in the background, Breaston recites a poem on the labor debate. The video really made viewers realize…that people still write poetry? If the next NFL season doesn't work out, Breaston can always work at the Renaissance Fair.
Tim Tebow Writes
Usually players wait until retirement to sit down and write a tell-all autobiography. Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, on the other hand, is a go-getter, finishing his autobiography “Through My Eyes” before his professional career ever really started. What's he writing about? How awesome he was at University of Florida? Being the son of Christian missionaries? Reading how sugar is made would be more interesting. His life will warrant a book after he wins a Super Bowl or becomes addicted to crack. He has no context yet! Now, Michael Vick's new autobiography "Finally Free," aka "From Dogs to Eagles," is the can't-miss summer read audiences are clamoring for.
Sione Pouha Tackles Reality TV
Unable to forget the high of his team being featured in HBO's documentary series "Hard Knocks" last season, New York Jets defensive tackle Sione Pouha is doing his own reality show called "Life of a Lock Out." Is it on E! or Versus or ESPN3? Nope, it's on YouTube, with Pouha often just holding the camcorder himself. If those (low) quality production values don't grab you, the story of how a 325 pound Mormon man spends his unemployed days with his wife and four children definitely will. Oh wait, no it won't. Go back to watching videos of guys kicked in the nuts.
Chad Ochocinco Joins the Rodeo
Apparently, trying out for a professional soccer team didn't take up enough of the Cincinnati Bengals receiver's time. Still bored and looking for attention, Chad Ochocinco got a cowboy hat and jumped on a 1,500 pound bull named Deja Blu at a Professional Bull Riders event. He earned $10,000 just for making it out of the chute, but barely lasted 1.5 seconds before being bucked off. That is 6.5 seconds short of Luke Perry's time in the movie "8 Seconds." Oops, did I spoil that movie's ending for you?
Jay Cutler Marries Reality TV
During the lockout, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler became engaged to former star of "The Hills" Kristin Cavallari. We've seen where this leads with Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian and "Khloe & Lamar." You can't marry a reality star and not do a show about your life. That's like marrying Dennis Rodman and asking him not to sleep with Vegas strippers. Jay, watch "Khloe & Lamar" and see if he looks happy. The show may be the reason Odom melted down in the NBA Playoffs. And Jay, we know you injure easily. That means cameras will definitely catch you crying at some point. Bears fans eat crybabies?