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AAF Waiting to See if Johnny Manziel Is 'Clean and Clear' to Play

Johnny Manziel could wind up as part of the Alliance of American Football. Or he could not.

The new league is in a holding pattern regarding the quarterback who had his contract terminated this week by the CFL.

"We don’t know," Alliance co-founder Charlie Ebersol said Friday. "We’re trying to get to the bottom of what happened in Canada.

"We want to be a league of opportunity to the best available players, assuming they are available contractually, with a clean bill of health and a clean criminal record. We want them if they can play at our level.