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Colorado’s Deion Sanders explains aversion to coaching in NFL

Deion Sanders spent nearly a decade and a half playing in the NFL, winning two Super Bowls along the way. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current NFL analyst Troy Aikman joined Sanders for a recent edition of Sanders’ show, “We Got Time Today,” which streams on Tubi.

At one point during the wide-ranging conversation, the pair of former Cowboys stars discussed the possibility of Sanders one day returning to professional football.

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Colorado football coach Deion Sanders against Texas Tech in a Big 12 football game Nov. 9, 2024, at Jones AT&T Stadium. (Stephen Garcia/Avalanche-Journal/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Despite his familiarity with the pros, Sanders pointed to the NFL’s modern-day practice style when he revealed what would prevent him from taking a coaching job with any of the league’s 32 franchises.

“That’s the way we practiced,” Sanders said. “I know it’s cute, but I couldn’t coach pro ball. The way they practice, the way they go about it, I couldn’t take it — as a man, and as a football enthusiast. I care about the game. … There’s no way I could allow that to happen on my watch. That would be tough.”

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Sanders became a media star once he he ended his career. But in recent years, Sanders has focused on coaching at the collegiate level. After a successful three-season run at Jackson State, Sanders took the job at the University of Colorado.

The Buffaloes improved under Sanders in 2024, and the success added fuel to the idea Sanders could soon leave college football for the NFL.

This isn’t the first time Sanders has dismissed the suggestion he would make the leap to the NFL. In 2022, he told “60 Minutes” he “couldn’t coach” at the pro level.

“I couldn’t coach pro ball,” he explained. “It’s not just about fame or money. It’s about the love of the game. The way things are done now, I couldn’t accept it. It would be hard for me to let that happen under my watch.”

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders waves to the crowd before a game against North Dakota State Aug. 29, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

During an appearance on “Good Morning America” last month, Sanders was once again asked about his NFL coaching prospects.

“The only way I would consider is to coach my sons,” Sanders said. “Not son. Sons.”

The Cowboys parted ways with head coach Mike McCarthy in January. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed he had a conversation with Sanders during the franchise’s search for its next head coach. Dallas ultimately hired Brian Schottenheimer, but Aikman said it would “make a lot of sense” for Sanders to lead the Cowboys.

“I was asked a lot of questions about how do you think Deion would do?” Aikman recounted. “I said, ‘I think Deion would do great.’ There are a small handful of people that I know that I just simply would not bet against. And Deion is one of those handful of people. He’s proven it at every stop. He’d be successful in the NFL.”

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Aikman said he understood how Sanders could make more of an impact at the college level.

“You’re not impressing upon young men the way that you are in college, but to suggest that he wouldn’t be good at it or successful at it, I don’t think people really know Deion’s story. I think that, for Dallas, Deion would’ve been a really good fit because he would’ve commanded the room.

“His personality is such that people would’ve known he was in charge. I think that’s important for any organization to know that the head coach is the one who’s calling the shots and he’s in charge.”

Aikman and Sanders played for the Cowboys when the team won the 1996 Super Bowl.

Sanders coached Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter and sons Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders during his first two seasons at Colorado. He also coached the trio at Jackson State. All three are pursuing pro football careers, with Shedeur and Hunter expected to be first-round picks in April’s NFL Draft.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

February 7, 2025
Josh Hawley, Bernie Sanders propose capping credit card interest rates at 10%

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A new bipartisan bill introduced by a pair of senators would cap credit card interest rates in an effort to help consumers and fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises.

Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation that would cap credit interest rates at 10% immediately upon the bill’s enactment into law. The cap would then remain in effect for five years.

“During the campaign, President Trump pledged to cap credit card interest rates at 10%,” Sanders said in a statement. “Today, I am proud to be introducing bipartisan legislation with Senator Hawley to do just that.”

“When large financial institutions charge over 25% interest on credit cards, they are not engaged in the business of making credit available. They are engaged in extortion and loan sharking,” Sanders added. “We cannot continue to allow big banks to make huge profits ripping off the American people.”

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Credit card interest rates would be capped at 10% for five years under the Sanders-Hawley bill. (iStock / iStock)

Hawley said in a statement that capping credit card interest rates at 10% like Trump campaigned on “is a simple way to provide meaningful relief to working people.”

“Working Americans are drowning in record credit card debt while the biggest credit card issuers get richer and richer by hiking their interest rates to the moon,” Hawley added. “It’s not just wrong, it’s exploitative. And it needs to end.”

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said that credit card issuers are being “exploitative” with interest rates. (Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images / Getty Images)

In the last Congress, Hawley introduced a bill to cap credit card interest rates at 18%, though it died in committee without receiving a vote.

The press release from Sanders and Hawley noted that in September the Trump campaign said: “President Trump has promised to cap interest rates at 10% to provide temporary and immediate relief for hardworking Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and cannot afford hefty interest payments on top of the skyrocketing costs of mortgages, rent, groceries and gas.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused financial institutions with high credit card interest rates of “loan sharking.” (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Critics of proposals to cap credit card interest rates note that it would likely cause financial institutions to be more restrictive in extending credit and offering credit cards to borrowers with relatively poor credit scores, and potentially by reducing the credit card rewards they offer.

“There’s no question that a credit card rate cap would have a massive impact on credit cardholders beyond just reducing interest payments,” said Matt Schulz, chief credit analyst at LendingTree. “Banks have been vocal that a rate cap, even one much smaller than the 10% cap backed by President Trump, would lead to a dramatic reduction in credit card rewards and even to reduced access to credit for those with imperfect credit.”

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“However, it is also clear that most Americans are willing to accept both of those consequences if it means capping rates,” Schulz added, noting that a LendingTree survey from December found that two-thirds of cardholders would support a rate cap, even if it results in reduced rewards, while six in 10 support it even if it restricts access to credit for many.

February 4, 2025
Deion Sanders’ son likens himself Trump when discussing people who ‘always just try to destroy you’

The Sanders family is in the football limelight, and for very good reason.

Shedeur Sanders may very well be the first selection in this year’s NFL Draft just as his father, Deion, has put the Colorado football program on the map as the team’s head coach.

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After a successful season, Deion’s name has been floated around the NFL rumor mill, perhaps not coincidentally, as his son will go pro in about three months.

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Shilo Sanders and Donald Trump (IMAGN/AP Newsroom)

Shedeur’s brother, Shilo, isn’t as highly touted as the others in his family, but he was still at the Senior Bowl this week to give scouts another look.

Well, the practices didn’t go great for him, as several video clips of him getting beat went viral.

Shilo was asked about those videos, and then he compared himself to President Donald Trump.

“If you just hate me, or you want to hate me . . . paint me in a bad picture, they do that to our President, they do that to everybody, you know. So I’m not going to be safe from it,” Sanders said. “But it does get aggravating whenever you’re putting in work, and you’re working on your craft and people are just steadily destroying you.”

Colorado Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders (21) runs for a touchdown after making an interception against the Colorado State Rams during the first half at Folsom Field. (Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports)

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“I just care about what the scouts think, I care about what Coach Prime thinks and my family thinks,” he added. “And I’ve got a good circle around me, so I really don’t let that stuff affect me. It’s just really stupid, though, how people always just try to destroy you, and I don’t do nothing bad to nobody.”

The actual Senior Bowl itself was a better showing for Shilo. Although his West team lost, 25-0, he finished with five tackles and a pass breakup.

Colorado Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders (21) against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)

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Shilo joined the Buffaloes along with his father and brother, who left Jackson State at the end of the 2022 season to head to Boulder. Shilo played in 10 games this past season, recording 67 tackles as a corner, the same position his father played during his Hall of Fame career.

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January 31, 2025