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It’s official: The XFL is back, which has Johnny Manziel and others fired up
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Don’t call it a comeback.
The XFL doesn’t want us to call it a comeback, but on Thursday, Vince McMahon announced the return of the professional football league.
The XFL, according to McMahon, will “give football back to the fans.”
McMahon announced that the league, which is set to return in 2020, will have nothing to do with politics or social issues, and that all players will stand for the national anthem. He also said that “no one with a DUI” will be allowed in the league.
8 teams.
40 man rosters.
10 game season.
4 team semi-finals
1 championship game#XFL #XFL2020 pic.twitter.com/VBopxuEug0— We Put the XFL in UFL (@xflfootball) January 25, 2018
For those with checkered pasts — like former Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel — perhaps the league might not become home after all. That didn’t stop Manziel from tweeting out his excitement about the league.
— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) January 25, 2018
Others joined Manziel in sharing their plans to get involved.
Well well well, how are you doing over there @VinceMcMahon and @alphaentllc? I see you may be looking for some athletes. I got ya. May be I do have 1 more comeback left me. #HeAteMe
— jared lorenzen (@JaredLorenzen22) January 25, 2018
I’ll be ready #xfl2020. Save a #SECHateMe jersey for me @VinceMcMahon. pic.twitter.com/MtgChMXyrf
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) January 25, 2018
I still have a pulse… pic.twitter.com/YCleuOEyC1
— Jeff Brohm (@JeffBrohm) January 25, 2018
Hey @VinceMcMahon, I’d like to become an owner of one of the #XFL teams. I think Indianapolis would love the #XFL… also, gonna need a pretty large loan as well. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/gvtKyG97Yq
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 25, 2018
How successful will the XFL be this time around? Who knows, but it’ll have 2 years to build some hype, which doesn’t look like it’ll be an issue.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Down South. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.
