Last year, Johnny Manziel's family took out a trademark on "Johnny Football." People who file for trademarks like to protect them, and e-Bay protects other people's trademarks because they don't want legal issues with them. So after the trademark came down, e-Bay swept through, removing any Manziel-related item and suspending accounts. One of those was Tampa's Rob Rudolph, who lost 400 items because he had six or eight items related to, but not signed by, Johnny Manziel. Rudolph's a small time operator, but he told CBS Sports "I am quite sure for people whose livelihood are this business, that was crippling. If anyone has an ax to grind, pick any of those people."When Rudolph does do autographs, it's with pro players, often for cash, without any cameras around. Which is why he's surprised there's video of Manziel signing items, saying "I can't believe that a college player would be that dumb quite honestly."
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