The Ochocinco Tournament

Apparently, VH1 (aka train wreck TV) is making an assault on the sports world now. Random dating shows with rock stars/hip-hop stars/actors are old news. So high-profile athletes (and athletes wive/gfs) is the can of worms they just opened up onto their viewing schedule.

Set to premiere this July, Chad Ochocinco’s new dating show unofficially called The Tournament, will have 85 women (skanks/gold-diggers/fame-seekers) all vying for the WR’s heart (rod/bank-account/lifestyle).

Here are the details:

The Tournament will start with Ocho Cinco finding his “first 85″ by traveling all over the country meeting women that may be interested in dating him. Then, during the first episode, he will narrow the playing field down to the sweet sixteen – four women from each of the four regions of the country – Northern, Western, Southern and Central Divisions. The sixteen chosen women will be invited to join Ocho Cinco for the rest of the tournament-style dating competition.

Once the competition begins, Ocho Cinco will follow a tournament bracket where each of the ladies will have an opportunity to spend quality time with him while also facing off against one another in double-dates. The winner of each dating face-off will receive a game ball from Ocho Cinco and move on to the next round of the tournament, while the loser goes home. Ultimately the sweet sixteen will be narrowed down to eight and then the final four. In the end, the championship date between the two remaining women will result in Ocho Cinco awarding his chosen love the coveted Championship Ring. Hopefully, she turns out to be his greatest catch this season!

This show will be worth a look just to see how hilarious this tournament format is gonna be. VH1 always amazes on how they can come up with fresh ways to dish out the same train wreck dating show flavor.

So which athletes are next on the VH1 short list?

“Greg Oden: Sexting for Love”
“Tiger Woods: I don’t go to Perkins for the food”
“Ben Roethlisberger: The Bathroom of Love”
“Gilbert Arenas: Hey baby, welcome to the gun show”

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