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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Chad Johnson has been out of the NFL since 2012, when he was cut during Miami Dolphins training camp. (Doug Murray/Icon SMI)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hoping to continue his professional career north of the border in the Canadian Football League, former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson signed with the Montreal Alouettes last week. Unfortunately for Johnson, his criminal record\u00A0may keep him\u00A0from ever joining the team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Johnson will have to wait seven to 10\u00A0days to see whether he will be approved for\u00A0a permit to work in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;MORE COVERAGE:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong &gt;2014 NFL Mock Draft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong &gt;\u00A0|\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong &gt;NFL draft needs: AFC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong &gt;\u00A0|\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong &gt;NFL draft needs: NFC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe still have to sit down and figure everything out and apply for acceptance into Canada and all those kind of things,\u201D Alouettes general manager Jim Popp told\u00A0the\u00A0&lt;em&gt;London Free Press&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CWe\u2019ll see if all that actually takes place, to see if he\u2019s going to be in the CFL at some point.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson's 2012\u00A0arrest on a\u00A0domestic battery\u00A0charge, to which he\u00A0entered a no contest plea, could foil his request for a work permit.\u00A0\nIf Johnson's request for a work permit is denied, he would have to go through another customs process to prove that he has been rehabilitated in order to reverse\u00A0the decision and get him across the border to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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