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Johnny Manziel, the most hyped college player to enter the NFL in years took his
first steps with the Browns, who havent promised Johnny Football anything other
than a chance to win a starting job. And thats cool with him. "Im a rookie,"
Manziel said. "I need to earn my place. I need to earn my keep. Nothing here
needs to be handed to me. I dont need to be treated based off what I did in the
past, because that doesnt mean a thing at this level." The former Texas A&M
quarterback, who oozes swagger every moment hes on the field, is participating
in Clevelands rookie minicamp this weekend along with its other draft picks and
unsigned free agents. Browns first-year coach Mike Pettine restricted access to
Saturdays workout, which was held inside because of rainy weather, to local
media members. Sundays practice is closed. Pettine was on the Jets coaching
staff when popular quarterback Tim Tebow joined the team and wants to control
"Manzielmania" as best he can. "Were well aware of the persona. Were well aware
of what it brings," Pettine said. "Were excited about it. Its something that
were very willing to have come here, knowing that he has a chance to make us a
better football team and a better franchise." Pettine added that he knows the
decision to limit access will "ruffle some feathers." "Ill apologize in advance
for that, but what were tasked as a staff to do is do whats best for the
football team," he said. Wearing a red No. 2 jersey, Manziel stretched with his
teammates as Jay-Zs "Public Service Announcement" boomed through the speakers in
the field house. With Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on the sideline, Manziel made a
few handoffs and threw three short passes before the session was closed after 15
minutes. Manziel later answered questions for 10 minutes before the interview
was stopped by a member of the teams media relations staff. Manziel tried to
clear up one story about how he wound up with the Browns, whose long-suffering
fans hope his arrival can turn around their woeful franchise. Cleveland passed
on him earlier in the draft before trading up to take him at No. 22. On
Thursday, quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains revealed during a radio interview
that Manziel sent him a text message during last weeks draft, urging the team to
pick him. Loggains claimed the text read: "Hurry up and draft me because I want
to wreck this league together." Manziel confirmed he exchanged texts with
Loggains, but said the one in which he claimed he would "wreck this league" may
have been exaggerated. "I dont know if thats exactly word for word," he said.
"It was something along those lines." He explained he didnt mean he was going to
dominate as a rookie, just that he wanted to help the Browns win games.
"Whenever it is I get a chance to play, I dont want to come in and be mediocre,"
he said. As for his desire to join the Browns, Manziel said that was true. "This
was a place I felt comfortable with," he said. "I liked the situation here and I
wanted to come here, and if they wanted to take me and were trying to get me
earlier, I said, Lets do it. I dont know what kind of influence that had or what
exactly that did." Pettine told Manziel that if he wants to start hes going to
have to beat out Brian Hoyer, who made three starts last year before a knee
injury ended his season. Manziel said he understands hes nothing special -- not
yet. "I was completely OK with hearing that from everybody," he said. "I dont
want to come in and have anything handed to me that I dont deserve." Manziel was
humbled long before the Browns took him. "I got passed up 21 times, so that says
something," he said. As for meshing with his new teammates, Manziel is fitting
right in. Offensive lineman Joe Bitonio, a second-round pick, said there was a
moment of awe when he walked into the locker room and realized his locker was
next to Manziels. "At first I was like, Man, thats Johnny Manziel," Bitonio
said. "And then once you get to know him, hes a normal guy." On the field,
Manziel has already made an impression. "Amazing," running back Terrance West
said. "Hes Manziel, right? Everybody knows Johnny Manziel. He makes plays. He
makes big plays. Hes a great player." But right now, hes only Johnny Rookie.
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Hurdle is in the dugout. The combination thats returned the franchise to
respectability will remain intact for years to come.
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Meusburger to start the night session at Laver Arena. Sharapova had a much
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The Canadian Soccer Association released its 2014-18 strategic plan Thursday,
with an eye on a huge prize further down the line. Hosting the 2026 FIFA World
Cup. "The process has to start now," CSA president Victor Montagliani said
Thursday of a bid to stage "the grand-daddy of them all." Brazil is hosting the
mens World Cup this summer, with Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) in the wings. A
2026 bid would probably have to be filed around 2018. Canada is hosting the
womens World Cup next year. Getting that right is key to being able to giving
the mens tournament a shot. CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and
the Caribbean, has not hosted the mens World Cup since the U.S. in 1994. "Were
the only G-8 nation to not host the World Cup," Montagliani added. "Weve hosted
almost every other event .. I think its time for Canada to step up to the
plate." By next year, Canada will have hosted every FIFA event except for the
world futsal, beach and club championships and Confederations Cup. Montagliani
says the World Cup bid is part of the new blueprints strategy to encourage
growth in the game in Canada. Such a bid goes hand in hand with reviving a
national mens team that currently ranks 111th in the world, sandwiched between
Bahrain and Guatemala. While the Canadian women turned heads with a bronze medal
at the 2010 Olympics, the men have not won since being knocked out of World Cup
qualifying in a 8-1 humiliation in Honduras in October 2012. A 2-0 loss in
Slovenia last November stretched the Canadian mens winless streak to 14 games.
Canada is 0-11-3 over the streak and hasnt scored in 10 games. The winless run
has seen the Canadian men outscored 27-2. Canada has not won since a 3-0 World
Cup qualifying victory over Cuba in Toronto four days before the Honduras
debacle. In the national teams defence, Canada has played tough opposition in
Australia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Slovenia
and the U.S. And coach Benito Floro has looked to young talent since taking over
the squad last summer. Montagliani pointed to the U.S. successful bid for the 94
World Cup. "When they bid for the World Cup, I wouldnt say the game was in a
healthy state in the U.S. both professionally and domestically. Their leadership
group decided to put a bid together and I think that was a bit of a lightning
rod for people to come together." A World Cup bid would require eight to 12
stadiums with 10 the optimum, according to CSA general secretary Peter
Montopoli. All would have to accommodate at least 40,000 with more for the venue
for the final. The CFLs recent trend towards new stadiums and plans to revamp
BMO Field in Toronto help the CSA cause although much work would remain, not to
mention questions about artificial surfaces. "There are a lot of requirements
from a hosting perspective for a mens World Cup," Montopoli acknowledged. "Its
massive." FIFA, CONCACAF and the federal sport minister are aware of the CSAs
intentions, he added. "We have been trying to get to the prime minister. Hes
busy. But we will be getting to the prime minister on this file." CONCACAF seems
on board, tweeting its congratulations on the CSAs "ambitious new strategic
plan." A bid to co-host the World Cup was possible, with the subjectt already
having been raised with U.
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guidelines, Montopoli said talk of a co-hosted bid "might be a little premature
but it certainly is possible." The CSAs 2014-18 blueprint is titled "Leading a
Soccer Nation." It is a pithy document divided into four goals with 27
sub-points. The four major goals are: 1) Invest in technical leadership. 2)
Ensure consistent world-class performances by our national teams. 3) Govern the
game in Canada professionally. 4) Encourage and oversee the grown of the game.
The CSA plan also calls for mandating technical development across the country
and establishing a national player database. The strategic plan was 18 months in
the making with input coming from town hall meetings and an online survey (which
got 3,000 responses). It also involved looking at the strategic plans of other
sports in Canada including hockey, figure skating, volleyball and golf, as well
as foreign soccer organizations from the U.S. and England to Mexico and the
Netherlands. "Because we believe there was no point in re-inventing the wheel
here," said Nick Bontis, director and chair of the CSAs strategic committee.
Changes in CSA governance have made the association better able to institute its
policies. The makeup of the CSA board is no longer made up of regional
interests, with the emphasis on skill set rather than geography. Bontis says the
new strategic plan will pay immediate dividends. "Weve never historically
necessitated a certain behaviour by our provincial associations," said Bontis.
"This strat (strategic) plan is the opposite. It necessitates certain
behaviours." That includes provincial governance reform, investment in technical
leadership and mandating provincial strategic plans. "Historically it was 10
different countries writing their own strat plans, their own technical plans,
moving forward and somehow -- in some sort of magical way, Abracadabra -- the
CSA was supposed to co-ordinate 10 national plans. That is something that needs
to go away in the short-term." Bontis will be front and centre in the CSAs plan
to create a national player database, allowing it to better leverage its
850,000-plus registered players. "We are in the year 2014 and we are archaic,"
he said. "Its an embarrassment how we register players across the country."
"Harvesting a million registrants will have fundamental changes in the way we do
business in soccer in Canada," he added. Players currently register with their
local club, with the information and accompanying fees eventually flowing to the
district and then the province and then the CSA. Bontis goal is for players to
register nationally online, establishing a connection directly with the national
program. Canada Soccer previously prepared a hosting bid for the 1986 FIFA World
Cup, which was originally awarded to Colombia but then went to Mexico. That
tournament marks Canadas lone participation in the event. Canada hosted the FIFA
U-17 World Cup in 1987 (then known as the FIFA U-16 World Tournament), the U-20
Womens World Cup in 2002 and the U-20 World Cup in 2007. This summer will see
another edition of the U-20 Womens World Cup in Canada with the Womens World Cup
to follow in 2015.
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