Despite being out of college for several years now, the NCAA is still trying to control Johnny Manziel. If you missed the story, the NCAA told Manziel he needed to stop tweeting recruits, as those actions were considered an NCAA violation.

Taking into account his history with the organization, that news was just the latest example of why the former Texas A&M has issues with the NCAA.

Manziel was a recent guest on Barstool Sports’ Pardon My Take podcast and was asked how much he hated the NCAA.

“Scale of 1 to 10? Probably a 12,” Manziel answered.

After being reprimanded by the NCAA for tweeting at a recruit, the Heisman Trophy winner offered this take on the NCAA.

“I think they are just full of shit, to be honest,” he said. “I think the NCAA is the biggest racket in the entire world.”

He took things further by going into the NCAA’s investigation into him leading up to his sophomore season. The organization took issue with Manziel allegedly signing autographs for payment.

“They tried to end me. They tried to really ruin my college career. If it wasn’t for my family and being able to hire a really good attorney, do what I need to do, the NCAA,” Manziel continued.

“I used to wake up at 6 am, go to practice at 7 am — this is during two-a-days, in like August of 2013 when this NCAA investigation was going on — I use to go to practice from 6 – 10, come back home and do a prep with my lawyers and advisors, everybody, to get ready for this NCAA meeting from Noon until 3. Then I would turn around and go back to practice from like 4 – till 6 or 7, then come back home and do more prep for this meeting. Every day for 5 hours to 6 hours a day for three weeks, I did nothing but prepare for this case and make sure they weren’t going to do to me what they have done to other people in the past.

“I just wasn’t going to let it happen.”

As a result of the investigation, Manziel was suspended for the first half of the season opener against Rice. The way Manziel tells it, it could have been much worse for him and A&M if not for his strong legal defense.