Former Heisman Trophy winner <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/johnny-manziel-delivers-harsh-assessment-of-his-past-behavior-news.121895.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Johnny Manziel</a> is returning to football to play in <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/johnny-manziel-in-talks-to-join-quavo-backed-football-league-news.122730.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fan Controlled Football</a>, a new startup league where fans can set rosters, call plays, and more.
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&#8220;The more I heard about what this was going to be, the more I felt it was going to be something that was just very fun,&#8221; Manziel said. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be very fan-oriented and something I could get behind without being extremely, extremely, extremely serious, the way that my football career has been in the past.&#8221;
The goal of Fan Controlled Football is to blend traditional football with elements of esports, fantasy football, and sports betting.
&#8220;Life gives you opportunities sometimes to do something that you would still like to do if it was in a different capacity,&#8221; Manziel said. &#8220;This has a lot of potential to just be a good time and still be football-centric. They&#8217;re going to let the people [who] join this league be who they are and have fun with it and be a little bit more free than what football is sometimes. That&#8217;s definitely what appealed to me. They don&#8217;t want me to change who I am or anything else. They want to come out, put a good product out and be fun with it.&#8221;
The FCF will hold its first season in February in a facility in Atlanta. New teams will be drafted every six weeks and games will be played in a 7-on-7 format on a 50-yard field. Quavo, Richard Sherman, Marshawn Lynch, and Austin Ekeler have all signed on as owners.
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