Chad Ochocinco is going to twitter, or is it tweeter, or is it tweet — I can't keep it straight — during real life NFL tackle football games this fall.

Yes, the Cincinnati Bengals receiver, best known for opening his blinged-out grill too much and changing his name to Ochocinco, is going to use the Web site Twitter this season more than he uses the film room.

He's going to tweet when he catches a 5-yard pass on third-and-7, he's going to tweet when he drops a pass and he's going to tweet at halftime as head coach Marvin Lewis, presumably, looks the other way.

What a twit.

This is a bad precedent. The NBA quashed all in-game tweets this season. Charlie Villanueva was busted for tweeting during halftime of an NBA game. Shaq also posted a tweet during a game, but didn't do it again.

Ochocinco is taking it to a whole new level. He's going to tweet more than, well, Tweety Bird.

What if this catches on? This could be a disaster.

I don't think John Q. Football Fan needs to be hunkered down in front of his computer on Twitter Sundays to read such tweets from Ochocinco like: "Just caught a 5-yard pass from Carson. It could have been thrown better. Then it would have been a 6-yard gain. Out."

Ugh.

I can image some other midgame or mid-season tweets from other sports stars — And it ain't pretty.

• "Sixth inning. Need to be taken out of the game. Ovulating." — Manny.

• "Thought I saw Madonna in third row. Struck out looking. Oh well. Just made $50,000." — A-Rod.

• "Threw TD pass. I'm awesome. You're not." — Brady.

• "Eating at Old Country Buffet. Lost track of time. Sorry." — Bartolo.

• "In middle of fifth stage. Have the worst wedgie." — Lance.

• "Lost to Orlando. Chillin'. 'New York, New York' on iPod, then some Jay-Z, then some 'NYPD Blue' on the tube. Can Andy Sipowitz guard Howard? Hmmm." — LeBron.

• "Just dropped sure TD pass. Fans booed. Should have faked injury again." — Limas.

• "No more trades. Teams running out of mediocre players to swap." — Neal.

• "Neal: I have plenty." — Minaya.

• "Can't believe I am batting third again. Haven't batted in 3-hole this often since Santa Barbara C.C." — Delwyn.

• "Threw into triple coverage. INT. Need some Prilosec OTC. Should've stayed home on tractor." — Brett.

• "Scored goal to break nil-nil tie. I forget ... what Spice Girl are you married to, Landon?" — Beckham.

• "Fell on Carson for sack. Registered on Richter scale. Changing name to Nueve Ocho." — Casey.

• "Getting butt kicked in ring by a professional eater. Should have wrote another steroid book instead, or done another 'The Surreal Life.'

" — Jose.• "Broke toe jumping over dugout fence. Higher than I remember, or I'm dumber." — Dempster.• "Told you so." — Orwell.Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.