Vince McMahon shocked sports fans with his stance on Johnny Manziel in the XFL

Vince McMahon has announced that the XFL is back and already they’re making headlines in major ways.

It seemed like everyone’s first reaction to hearing the news was that players like Johnny Manziel would be perfect for the league. In fact, Manziel himself had even been tweeting about it all day, capping everything off by just tweeting the league’s hashtag and tagging Vince McMahon.

Then, in a totally unexpected twist, McMahon was asked about Manziel in his press conference and he immediately ended any speculation. He stated that any player with a criminal record would not be eligible to play. Darren Rovell then explained that Manziel is not eligible to play in the league along with several other key rules about the league.

BREAKING: @VinceMcMahon’s new league will be called the XFL. Will start in Jan. 2020, have eight teams, players required to stand for National Anthem & Johnny Manziel is NOT eligible to play https://t.co/KEJA6Q4fua — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 25, 2018 Vince McMahon Quote today when asked about #JohnnyManziel

# “ There will be no criminality in the XFL... even somebody with a DUI will not be in the new #XFL” — SanchezDavis2 (@DavisSanchez) January 25, 2018 “Johnny Manziel, XFL QB” is dead already https://t.co/gh8dcvtlHz pic.twitter.com/4VEDfQPrq0 — Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) January 25, 2018

That was one of the quickest turnarounds we’ve seen for something like this. Manziel hasn’t tweeted since McMahon said this on the broadcast, but fans have shared plenty of reactions.