Deion Sanders on Thursday addressed critics of Colorado’s choice to retire the jersey numbers of Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter.
Sanders and Hunter are set to be the fifth and sixth gamers in Colorado historical past to have their jerseys retired, a call that didn’t sit effectively with followers and even some former gamers.
On Thursday, Sanders addressed the controversy, focusing particularly on the choice to retire Shedeur’s quantity. The coach mentioned it was the primary time he had ever seen anybody “sore” a couple of jersey retirement ceremony, and recommended Shedeur was dragged into the controversy due to his final identify.
“We’re speaking about Shedeur. We ain’t speaking about no one else,” Deion Sanders mentioned, through Pat Graham of The Related Press. “If his final identify wasn’t Sanders, we wouldn’t have this dialogue.”
Sanders’ clarification does probably not maintain up. Quite a lot of former Colorado gamers have voiced their objection to the choice on account of the timing. Chad Brown, a linebacker on the group’s 1990 nationwide championship group, was bothered that Sanders and Hunter have been honored instantly whereas a lot of his teammates are nonetheless ready to obtain the identical recognition.
