WWE CEO Vince McMahon recently announced the return of the XFL in 2020.

As part of the new league, he determined that no player with a criminal past will take part in the league. Former Texas A&M and Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel believes that McMahon will have a hard time finding enough players to fill his teams.

"We'll see [if I ever play in the XFL]. I think he is going to have a very, very hard time finding eight teams or nine teams or however many teams they want with football players that do not have at least something on their record. I would be hard pressed to find what the percentage of people in the NFL are that have, not a hard criminal past, but he said any criminal past," Manziel said on Barstool Sports' 'Pardon My Take' podcast.

"It will be interesting to see if he walks that back a little bit. I completely understand that he feels the way that he does but I feel the thing that makes the XFL so special or did in the past, was the hard-nosed, bad-assery of the whole thing. I feel like they are trying to make it direct competition with the NFL and that's just not going to happen. We will see what it turns out to be and what it plays out to be. I feel like he might have to walk that stance back."

Manziel, who now has a criminal history of his own, was drafted No. 22 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft. He completed 147-of-258 passes for 1,675 yards, seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also had 46 carries for 259 yards and a touchdown. After two seasons, he was released by the Browns.

The Texas native recently announced that he would play in The Spring League next month. He also holds a contract offer from the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.