Deion Sanders' absurd take has left Bomani Jones pissed and demanding to be better
Deion Sanders has been in the news recently following his comments about how he evaluates and recruits some of his football players.
Sanders stated that he is looking for quarterbacks to be leaders, with two parents and high GPA's. While he is looking for linemen from single-parent families who have had it harder in life.
The Colorado Buffaloes coach received a lot of criticism following his comments, with the latest person being a sports personality, Bomani Jones.
"I had to go at Deion a couple of times. I had a lot of people hit me back on it, like, yo, why you trying to take a good black man down? And I totally understand that because Deion is in a position that few black people ever get to and he got to that position and he out here sounding just like the whitest, white man.
"What we need a black coach in Division one, in FBS or anywhere else if you gonna say the same exact stuff as the cats that are already there saying? And force all of us to stop and think and ask ourselves the question, if you don't want a quarterback from single-family home, why is your son the product of a divorced marriage your quarterback?"
Deion Sanders is out here making jokes about single-parent homes, but Bomani isn't laughing. https://t.co/9ygVTvPAn0
Here are the comments made by Deion Sanders that Jones responded to:
"Quarterbacks are different. We want mother-father, dual parent. We want a kid to be 3.5 (GPA) and up, because we want them to be smart. Not bad decisions off the field, at all because he has to be a leader of men. There's so many different attributes in what we look for.
"Offensive lineman-defensive lineman the opposite. Single mama, trying to get it, he's on free lunch, I mean like I'm talking about just trying to make it he tryna rescue mama. Like mama barely made the flight," added Deion Sanders.
Deion ain’t the only coach who think this way, sadly but it hurts more when coming from Black man. Another disappointing step in his journey. https://t.co/pXECQvdtd4
Bomani Jones criticized Deion Jones for leaving Jackson State for Colorado
This isn't the first time Jones has publicly criticized Deion Sanders. Jones called Sanders a sellout for leaving Jackson State to become the University of Colorado's head coach.
He called him a sellout because Sanders originally said it was God's plan for him to help uplift and make smaller HBCU FBS schools more relevant again. After just three seasons, Sanders left them for Colorado and largely due to the fact that he is getting paid a lot more.
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Deion Sanders has yet to comment back on Jones' criticism, but what the latter said isn't necessarily invalid.