Deion Sanders recently sat down with Shannon Sharpe for an episode of "Club Shay Shay," where he addressed leaving Jackson State University to be the head coach in Colorado.
During the conversation, Deion also questioned why HBCUs are underfunded, stating, "Let’s talk about the overall funding of school. I wanted to bring solvency to ‘how are we broke? how are we always asking? why are we always in a deficit?’ You mean everybody? That’s a problem for me. Let’s investigate and let’s find the faults. Is it the state is it the government? Where is this coming from? Let’s find it. I was willing to hire a team to audit and find this because it’s impossible for all of us to be in the same situation."
Deion also addressed criticism of him leaving JSU, stating, "People are hurt. It’s emotions and anger, but I listen…If I didn’t know who I was, where I was going, and didn’t know the Lord, I would believe some of those things."
While speaking about going to Colorado, Deion stated, "I love challenges I’m not here for money no way. Rick George made me feel comfortable. He made me feel like this was a need, a desire from the city, the fans, everyone. I felt like I was the guy for this job."
