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By Michael Gallagher
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Since his arrival in Boulder back in 2023, Deion Sanders has repeatedly been in the news for one thing or another.
Sanders is flamboyant — and with a brash personality like his also comes a fair amount of criticism.
The latest offense for Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes came when the team hosted an open practice — the first in Sanders’ tenure — on Tuesday for reporters and fans. However, everyone in attended was required to hand over their phones, and media wasn’t allowed to report on anything that happened during the practice.
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Colorado sent out an email informing everyone of the rules, which banned note taking, audio recording, photography, videography, and any kind of real-time updates. And any reporter found in violation of these strict rules were threatened with losing their access to the team.
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“This practice is open for viewing purposes only,” Sanders said in the email, which was sent out the day before the practice. “It is closed for all reporting, recording and documentation purposes. Nothing observed at practice may be reported, published, posted, broadcast or otherwise shared in any form, on any platform, at any time.”
“If you are uncertain whether something is reportable, the answer is that it is not,” the email added. “Violations of these guidelines may result in removal from the facility, revocation of credentials and restriction of future access for the individual and the outlet, consistent with CU Athletics media policies.”
After the email was leaked on social media, users starting roasting Sanders for implementing such extreme measures for a fall practice — and for threatening to take away press credentials.
“They hired a clown, now they get a circus…,” one fan stated.
“So Colorado is the North Korea of college football,” another replied.
“Now Dion Sanders want no media access to practices unless its from his propaganda media team 🤣😩😅🤦🏾♂️ Real fans gotta be exhausted at this point,” a third fan exclaimed.
“What’s crazy is this dude will still promote his prime brand and his brand partnerships, and let his son report everything to put on YouTube but won’t let reports do their job. Deion’s always been a phony,” one user stated.
“But his son’s media company gets full access. Complete clown show,” another user remarked.
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