This is just...sad. Not to me personally, but sad nonetheless. If I had to pick which aspect was the saddest it would be a tough call. On one hand, I needed to find out that Johnny Manziel was banned from the entire CFL to be reminded that he was, up until now, still in the CFL. On the other hand, the CFL feeling the best publicity an SEC sensation turned NFL first round flameout still stood to provide them was by way of dishonorable discharge must also be a pretty bitter pill to swallow for those that actually care. Simply put, no matter what angle you choose to look at it from, it's the type of continued plummet from relevance that you typically watch out of the corner of one eye after compromising between turning away out of respect and rubbernecking the wreckage out of morbid curiosity. I'm not going to pretend to know which stipulation in an undoubtedly strict contract was breached, but a league that needs all the NFL's sloppy seconds it can get being unable to look past what doesn't seem to be much more than a misdemeanor misstep is a rough, rough look for Johnny Football, never mind Johnny Manziel. Of course, I'd imagine he'll shortly resurface in either the AAF or the next iteration of the XFL, but being blindly thrown overboard by the CFL while knowing full well that their brand new competition has plenty of lines in those same waters doesn't exactly make him look like a quality catch, or really a keeper at all.
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