Posted on 12/30/2020 9:12:58 PM PST by Libloather
Johnny Manziel is returning to the gridiron. Not the NFL gridiron, though. According to ESPN's Kevin Seifert, the QB is joining a startup league called Fan Controlled Football. Fan Controlled Football is scheduled to begin in February and is a far cry from any league Manziel, 28, has played in before. It will consist 7-on-7 games. As is hinted at in the name of the league, fans will call plays and make rosters.
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Teams in the league will play a six-week schedule and the games will be streamed on Twitch from the league's facility in Atlanta. These games are going to last about an hour and the field will be 50-by-35 yards with 10-yard end zones.
FCF co-founder and CEO Sohrob Farudi met Manziel through a mutual friend. Farudi believes that the league will appeal to the 18-35 age demographic that may not be into watching a three-hour football game, which is obviously the norm in both college football and the NFL.
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Do the fans get to call the number of tequila shots Manziel does or the type of drugs he uses?
Sounds like fun. Hopefully they will not be pc and people can just enjoy
Hope they have real cheerleaders too
What’s the over/under on the lifespan of this idea?
My guess: 5.5 weeks
Hopefully the fans get graded on their previous playcalling as well. Sounds like fun.
The play calling could be fun.
All offensive linemen run side routes looking for a quick flip.
Then watch the QB scramble for his life :)
Manziel is a joke. All his football cards are valued with a Minus Sign. Call him a “joke”, not a “jock”.
Profession Sandlot Football...Ok, Jimmy, go out to the third telephone pole and turn left, Jimmy you take 6 steps and stop, Donny, block for me...😀
Good to see Johnny Foosball is out of his mom’s basement and doing something with his life. Although I’d rather he do something useful like clearing sewer lines or molding acrylic football tropies for Wisconsin players to dance with.
#4 you mean women cheerleaders... like these?
Actual women too.
https://www.sportscasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Philadelphia-Eagles-cheerleaders-e1535662614372-640x427.jpg
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