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Johnny Manziel appeared to express interest in joining
Vince McMahon's newly announced reboot of the XFL in
2020.
Unfortunately for Manziel, just moments after his plea,
McMahon specified that the league would have specific character
requirements that would likely bar Manziel from every
playing.
On Thursday Vince McMahon announced his
intention to bring back the XFL in 2020.
The opening kickoff of the revamped league is still a long while
of. But one ex-NFL player was already thinking about staging a
comeback of his own, only to be almost immediately rejected by
McMahon — Johnny Manziel.
Just a few minutes into McMahon's press conference, Johnny
Manziel took to Twitter to shout out the league, presumably
expressing interest in playing in it.
It's a pairing that would make sense for both parties involved on
paper.
The XFL will have to stock up on high-profile, non-NFL talent if
they want to draw interest to the league. Meanwhile, Manziel has
been attempting to mount a comeback to football for some time.
Most recently he was negotiating terms for a
potential contract with the Hamilton
Tiger-Cats of the CFL.
Instead, Manziel's XFL dreams were almost immediately shut down.
As McMahon's press conference continued, he addressed some of the
other platitudes that the XFL would abide by, including a surprisingly strong stance on
player character.
"The quality of the human being is very important and just
as important is the quality of the player," he said. "You want
someone who does not have any criminality associated with him
whatsoever. … Even if you have a DUI, you will not play in the
XFL."
With Manziel's history and record,
it's unlikely he'd qualify should the league actually choose to
enforce such strict standards on character.
Many on Twitter were quick to point out Manziel's
mistake.
With the XFL not scheduled to start until 2020 and few plans
clearly set in stone, there's plenty of time for McMahon to have
a change of heart and figure out some way of getting Manziel
involved in the league.
But for now, if you're looking to support a former NFL
quarterback to captain your XFL team, chances are you'll have
better luck trying to get Tim Tebow to give up minor league
baseball.
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