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VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Chad Johnson made a sharp cut to free himself from a defender, and then hauled in a pass at the 53-yard line. Yes, the 53. Football is going to be a little different now for the former NFL star. The receiver who once changed his last name to Ochocinco might be hearing a lot of "O Canada" this summer, and he insists hes humbled for that opportunity. Johnson was on the field with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL on Tuesday for the start of their three-day minicamp, and theres a very realistic chance that he will be with them when their season starts for real in June. "Its just football. Its football," Johnson said. "Its not about Montreal. Its about the opportunity to be able to play football again, something I love." Its something he lost two years ago. Johnson last appeared in an NFL game during the 2011 season with New England. He was in training camp with the Miami Dolphins -- his hometown team -- the following summer, but his contract was terminated one day after he was charged with misdemeanour domestic battery. A plea deal was eventually worked out, but after a probation violation Johnson wound up going to jail for a few days anyway after a judge objected to the way he slapped his attorney on the backside in celebration. He hasnt played since. "A horrible mistake," Johnson said. "A dream of mine since I was 4 years old was taken from me, rightfully so, by my wrongdoings and I just want to get back to doing something that I love to do, regardless of where it is. Montreal, flag football, back in the street the way I grew up . I just want to play football." The Alouettes have a history of not judging players by their checkered pasts, as evidenced by how they once gave former Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips a chance on what became a Grey Cup-winning team in Montreal. "Its all business," Alouettes general manager Jim Popp said. "Its real. Hes in great shape. He wants to play and well see how things are." Popp shrugged off the notion that Johnsons presence is a publicity stunt. "None of you would know it was here unless it got tweeted out," Popp said. And Twitter does play quite a role in this story, since Johnson -- one of the worlds most popular athletes when it comes to social media -- used the power of his 3.6 million followers to help get the Alouettes attention. "Power of Twitter," Johnson said, grinning. The Alouettes were working out at Dodgertown, where some schoolkids were playing baseball on a nearby field. When their game ended, about a dozen of them came over to the football field to chant "Oc-ho-cin-co!" repeatedly. Some fans wearing his old Cincinnati Bengals jerseys watched, as did a couple in Patriots colours. "Like a kid again," Johnson said. He showed Tuesday that he can still run routes, and right there is why Montreal is eager to take a closer look. The CFL game is very much passing-friendly, and that can be at least partially attributed to several rule deviations from the NFL game. Teams in the CFL have only three downs to gain 10 yards instead of four. The field is 10 yards longer from goal line to goal line, is about 10 yards wider, and the end zones are 20 yards deep -- twice as long as those used in high school, college and pro play in the U.S. Montreal quarterback Troy Smith, the former Ohio State standout, said most people dont realize how much talent is in the CFL. And he believes Johnson can make an impact. "I know hes going to bring some fun and excitement to the team," Smith said. In short, even though theres 12 players on the field per team instead of 11, theres plenty of room for offences to manoeuvr. And in Canada, receivers cant be blocked or jammed unless theyre within a yard of the line of scrimmage. Of course, if Johnson heads to the CFL, he wont be exactly getting rich. The salary cap in the CFL is $4.4 million per team -- Johnson has had years where hes made about twice that much by himself. The average salary is around $85,000. "I dont even need a check," Johnson said. "Didnt I give it all away for 12 years straight? Think about it. Did I ever care about money when I played throughout my career? Still dont. I want to have fun. I want to enjoy the game. Thats it." Youth Jaire Alexander Jersey . Next years tournament is also within sight for Bosnia-Herzegovina, which has never played in a World Cup, but Cristiano Ronaldo looks destined for the playoffs with Portugal after a night when the qualifying picture in the nine groups became much clearer. Cheap Packers Jerseys Authentic . 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Low and behold it all worked out fine and they were able to go through their roster again after everyone had a shot, but what if someone couldnt shoot before the end of the first go through? Say perhaps that someone had been given a game misconduct, left hurt, or the less likely scenario of playing one player short for salary cap purposes. What would happen after Team A had let 17 shooters go and their 18th player was unavailable? Would they be able to go back to Player 1 while Team B was forced to use player 18? This seems like a lopsided solution if it is the case! What is your interpretation of this rule? I sure hope that if the shootout ends up staying for much longer, we have a lot more games that run through this many shooters! Cheers, Corey Corey: The record setting 20-round shootout win by Roberto Luongo and the Florida Panthers over Braden Holtby and the Washington Capitals was highly entertaining for sure. We saw fantastic saves by both goalies (sometimes with a little help from the iron) along with clutch goals scored by players of both teams in order to keep the shootout going. With the rally caps on backwards, both teams went completely through the batting order and two players shot twice before Nick Bjugstad bested Alex Ovechkin in the bottom of the 20th. Unless the outcome is determined by the first three shooters all remaining eligible players from each team can participate in the sudden death format. No player may shoot twice until everyone who is eligible has shot. All players are eligible unless they are serving a ten-minute misconduct, or have been assessed a game misconduct or match penalty.dddddddddddd. When a goalkeeper has been assessed a misconduct, the player designated to serve the misconduct penalty becomes ineligible for the shootout. If the misconduct is assessed to the goalkeeper during the course of the shootout, the player designated to serve the misconduct must be a player who has yet to shoot and thus becomes ineligible. To clarify, any player that was serving a minor, double minor or major penalty when the overtime period expired is eligible to participate in the shootout. You might also have noticed that prior to the start of the 19th round in the Panthers-Caps shootout, referees Tim Peel and Rob Martell took a moment to confer with the penalty time keeper to make sure every eligible player from both teams had taken a shot. This speaks to your question Corey concerning a potential imbalance of eligible players, which I will now address. Corey, your concern regarding the unfairness attributed to a possible numerical difference between the two rosters is clarified in rule 84.4. “If, because of injury or penalty, one team has fewer players eligible for the shootout, both teams may select from among the players who have already shot. This procedure would continue until the team with fewer players has again used all eligible shooters.” This is interpreted to mean that if Team A has only 16 eligible shooters compared to Team B’s 18 eligible shooters, once they enter the 17th round both teams are allowed to select a player that has already participated in the shootout. Team B is therefore not required to utilize the 17th and 18th shooters on their depth chart. Given the entertainment value that the shootout provides, I don’t think we have to worry about it being discontinued any time soon, if ever. 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