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CFL denies Johnny Manziel contract for 2017 season

September 27, 2017
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It looks like we're going to have to wait until at least one more year to see Johnny Manziel suit up in an actual football game [all crying emojis]. 

The Canadian Football League released a statement today that denies him a 2017 contract, but leaves an opening in 2018 if Johnny meets "certain conditions."

The full statement:

“After an extensive process of due diligence and an in-person meeting with Mr. Manziel, the Commissioner has decided that he will not register any contract for Mr. Manziel for this season. However, Mr. Manziel will be eligible to sign a contract for the 2018 season and, if Mr. Manziel meets certain conditions that have been spelled out by the Commissioner, the CFL will register that contract. The specifics of those conditions are confidential and will not be disclosed. The CFL has extended the stay on the expiry of the 10-day window for Mr. Manziel until Nov. 30, 2017 and therefore Mr. Manziel will remain on Hamilton’s negotiation list until that date.”

This is the second time in a month that the CFL, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats specifically, have made headlines by not giving someone a contract — the first being the hiring (and then un-hiring) of Art Briles in August.

There's no indication from the statement that there's a correlation between the two, but the onslought of negative press the league received when the hiring of Briles was announced had to factor into their decision.

Here's hoping the CFL lost its one chance of actual TV ratings and an NFL team scoops up Johnny before the 2018 season.

UPDATE: Johnny has released a statement of his own.

“I recently had a really positive meeting with Commissioner Ambrosie and welcomed the chance for us to get to know each other and have an in-depth talk about a possible future with the CFL. I love this game and want to be back on the field in a situation where I can help a franchise in the long term. Over the past months, my agent helped me vet all of my options for playing, figuring out where I could be most effective and get back to having the most fun with the game I love. I’m ready to play today, but we all agreed with the Commissioner that it made no sense for me to join a team with only a month left in the season — it wouldn’t have been fair to my teammates, coaches or the fan base. I want to come into a team and earn my job day one, like everyone else. I look forward to preparing myself as best I can and look forward to what the future holds.”

In the meantime, we might as well enjoy some highlights from #2...

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CFL denies Johnny Manziel contract for 2017 season

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OldShadeOfBlue
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I think this is the CFL trying to avoid any chances of the money sign being displayed during O Canada.
StickTogetherAgs
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Your loss, CFL

The sooner y'all give Johnny Football the ball, the sooner he puts your freakin' league on the map
Loftin
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Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?
Sex Panther
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Updated Axis of Evil

North Korea
Canada
Syria
Gyles Marrett
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Has there even been any recent sitings of Johnny? He's disappeared from social media (which is probably a good thing).
Agsuffering@bulaw
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Dumb Canucks! Stick to hockey and banging ugly women, ehh!
superunknown
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Loftin said:

Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?


Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
RAMF 95
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But they give money to a terrorist? F canucks
jja79
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Is yours the only map?
champagnepapi
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Let's see how bad Johnny wants it!
SeattleAgJr
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It really isn't.
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The 2017 CFL season is almost over anyway. So the CFL can say that they did their due diligence with JFF by not allowing him to play the few weeks left in the 2017 season, but they gave him an extension until the end of November to negotiate a contract for the 2018 season.

It looks like a political move to make it look like the CFL is doing something, when they really aren't.
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No problem... we know how well Johnny does in the offseason - ha!

Let the June 5, 2018 countdown begin!
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Would be the first time i purposefully turn cfl on my tv. Worth it to watch that badass football player take the field again.
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C4D said:

Would be the first time i purposefully turn cfl on my tv. Worth it to watch that badass football player take the field again.
you would not be the only one, despite what some pathetic holier-than-thous on this board would have you believe
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C4D said:

Would be the first time i purposefully turn cfl on my tv. Worth it to watch that badass football player take the field again.


I watch it a lot. It's really fun.
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Loftin said:

Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?


I'm repeating what I saw on a write up somewhere that they apparently they have a no tolerance domestic violence policy. The charges initially pressed by his girlfriend (and later settled out of court IIRC) were suspected to be a factor in the hold up and meetings with the commissioner. He would eventually be allowed to play after a review as he wasn't convicted as I understood the article. One the conditions was suspected to be some type of anger management or counseling related to this situation. Again, I have no confirmation of that. Just a theory I saw that fits the scrutiny.

Wish the guy the best. I watched some CFL this weekend... I do think Johnny could succeed in those crazy offense schemes.

Agree with the 1 month. Let him work out all off season & it'll be better for him, the team, & the fans.
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JFF classy af as always.

CFL is nothing but JFF would have tripled their fan base and viewership. JFF alone would increase marketability in fan merchandising and recognition.

CFL is stupid. Worst decision in CFL history.
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superunknown said:

Loftin said:

Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?


Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Yeah, no nfl player ever did anything worse than JFF ... which was what again??


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smart decision by CFL. they know the value of a LONG TERM manziel.

why deal with all the distraction crap for the last month, when he might even look bad anyway.

this gives them a whole offseason to build excitement and suspense, and also see if JM is serious. Gives him a real carrot stick to follow.

Nah, I dont think theyre stupid at all.
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NFL table maker can't spell "assault".
TangoMike
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Manziel is like Obama. His speeches are so moving, so impassioned, so eloquent that you want to believe him. But, then you remember that he's said the same things 25 times and he's full of ****
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Combine this with the way NFL is currently losing fans; CFL could get a huge boost in viewership
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Loftin said:

Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?



He did this to himself. I hope he can get his life on track and get back on the field, he has a lot to prove.
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Quote:

Manziel is like Obama. His speeches are so moving, so impassioned, so eloquent
I guess I had a different 8 year long experience than you.
jja79
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Some Aggies are hoping to see him play again. You're overestimating his appeal to the general public. If what you said was true he'd be playing.
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Still hope Johnny Manziel gets a chance in NFL in next year or so (assuming he stays clean and sober ODAT). If I was big time FB Coach, I would try to get him enrolled in my grad school and then join staff as graduate intern or something similar.
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If he had no general appeal to the public, you'd never hear about him in the headlines.

He's a celebrity to both his fans and his enemies.

I hope he can make it back on the field asap.
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Blame Canada! They're not even a real country anyways.

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Aggie MHA said:

Loftin said:

Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?


I'm repeating what I saw on a write up somewhere that they apparently they have a no tolerance domestic violence policy. The charges initially pressed by his girlfriend (and later settled out of court IIRC) were suspected to be a factor in the hold up and meetings with the commissioner. He would eventually be allowed to play after a review as he wasn't convicted as I understood the article. One the conditions was suspected to be some type of anger management or counseling related to this situation. Again, I have no confirmation of that. Just a theory I saw that fits the scrutiny.

Wish the guy the best. I watched some CFL this weekend... I do think Johnny could succeed in those crazy offense schemes.

Agree with the 1 month. Let him work out all off season & it'll be better for him, the team, & the fans.


The larger field spreads out the D. A real advantage to JFF.
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I think the CFL wants two things : (1) They want Johnny to clean up any remaining dirty laundry. (2) they want a long term commitment so they can make some big bucks. They are not interested in a pit stop. The minimum contract time a team can sign for is 2 years and more if they want.
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Texas 1836 said:

superunknown said:

Loftin said:

Besides Manziel, has any other athlete been publicly scolded, talked down to, and given a list of "conditions" from every team he's gone to before even playing a game?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Yeah, no nfl player ever did anything worse than JFF ... which was what again??




This is my problem with the whole thing. And I mean we are talking about the cfl for ****s sake.
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jja79 said:

Some Aggies are hoping to see him play again. You're overestimating his appeal to the general public. If what you said was true he'd be playing.
I think you are underestimating how much people want him to see. A lot of people remember him being the electric college player and want to see him try it in the pros. Some people hate him and want to see him fail, but thats stil wanting to see him.

Then some people dont have much going in their lives and live to **** on others. Ie, most of the people on this forum.
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What's the big deal? He hasnt been out partying much has he?

Meanwhile, another NFL wife somewhere got told she should have listened the first time.
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