Retired Bengals player Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson has joined the Fan Controlled Football League. (Photo by Joe Murphy/NFLPhotoLibrary)
The Fan Controlled Football League wants to gamify football by putting coaching decisions in the hands of fans. And it’s tapping some of the most well-known personalities (and gamers) in football to do that.
The league announced on Wednesday that Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson will become its latest team owner and captain. The retired NFL wide receiver has built a strong personal brand for himself on social media sites from Twitter to Twitch, and will join current NFL players Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman in the FCFL.