Chad Ochocinco To Join Dancing With The Stars

TMZ is reporting that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco will be on the cast of the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. While athletes have traditionally performed well on the show most of them have been retired at the time. The only active player to take part was Jason Taylor, who received criticism for missing off-season workouts and saw his play drop 0ff ever since. Ochocinco will likely miss the off-season workout program as well but he generally has not shown up to those anyway.

The finale of the show would take place on May 25th if he was to make it that far. His demeanor makes it easier to accept him taking on such a physically daunting and time consuming task but I have to wonder how Bengals fans will feel about him concentrating on this instead of the upcoming season. Other contestants for this season are rumored to include Kate Gosselin, John Stamos, Kevin Federline, and Pamela Anderson. The tenth season of Dancing With The Stars premieres on March 22nd on ABC.