Johnny is playing in a new 4-team league called the Fan Controlled League - where the fans pick the lineups - it's 7 on 7 and on a 50 yard field. He said he's playing in the league because he's bored and needs something to do, he's not trying to "make a comeback":
'This isn’t me trying to be a comeback:' Johnny Manziel returns with new and unusual league
Johnny Manziel returns to football with new Fan Controlled Football
Johnny Manziel showed a gash on the knuckle of his right hand and explained it took place during Super Bowl 55.
“I was jumping up and down and ended up punching the ceiling in the hotel room on accident,” Manziel told USA TODAY Sports this week. “I got a little banged up from sports betting this weekend.”
The bet that led to the injury: He wagered on the coin toss at the Super Bowl coming up heads, then watched a health care worker who was serving as an honorary captain flip the coin into the air.
“I was a little nervous when she flipped it and it didn’t really rotate,” he said. “But once it said heads, that’s all that matters."
Manziel, 28, the party-boy, Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, is betting that playing in a new spring league – Fan Controlled Football (FCF) – for a team called the Zappers is the right move for his uncertain future.
A huge departure from the NFL, this four-team spring league is 7-on-7 football, on a 50-yard field, with games limited to one hour. Fans will pick the lineups and call the plays as the games will be shown on Twitch, a video streaming service.
The league begins Saturday and Manziel – the league's marquee player – is expected to start at quarterback for the Zappers.
“A big reason I’m here is I’m a little bored,” Manziel said. “I’ve been playing golf five days a week, hanging with my boys and playing cards and running around Scottsdale having a blast with a great group of friends that I’ve acquired out there. But I don’t have much of a schedule unless I create one, and I haven’t really created one.