Deion Sanders Commits an NCAA Violation, Instantly Regrets Making That Huge Blunder: “Shouldn’t Have Said That”

Is Deion Sanders in hot waters again? The Sanders family hardly keeps themselves away from making any headlines and sometimes, the allegations get really serious. Deion Sanders made a fumble during an Instagram livestream with his fellow CU staffer on 2 July 2024. While they were just discussing Deion Sanders and his responsibilities as a head coach, his recruitment talk is still expected to land them in trouble.

There was a thin line that Deion Sanders mistakenly crossed during his conversation. When the staffer and Deion Sanders were discussing what Prime can and cannot do on Instagram, said that he can wave at people but he cannot talk to them. Plus, he clearly “cannot recruit them.” Sanders confessed that he does not even know the people in real life whereas he knows his recruits.

However, after this, Coach Prime’s tongue got the best of him as he revealed, “Everybody we got at, we got. They haven’t announced it yet but…” That’s when the realization hit him that he shouldn’t have commented on a soon-to-be recruit. “Shouldn’t have said that.” Well, that’s too little, too late. Even though the slip-up was small, it was a huge deal since NCAA rules state that head coaches cannot talk about recruitment under their guidelines.

“Before the signing of a prospective student-athlete to a National Letter of Intent or an institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid … a member institution may comment publicly only to the extent of confirming its recruitment of the prospective student-athlete,” the NCAA bylaw 13.10.2.1 states.

Now that Prime has divulged some information about his recruit, fans would be on the lookout for any repercussions that he might have to face. Will Deion Sanders face some legal trouble? If he does, it would be pure chaos in the Sanders house since their son Shilo is still entangled in the ugly aftermath of a lost legal trial.

Shilo Sanders’ $11.8 million lawsuit

Shilo Sanders was the CU Buffs entity who got featured in the headlines more than his father and for all the wrong reasons. His past from the Triple-A academy, where he physically assaulted the security official John Darjean, has come to bite him back.

After getting sued, Shilo Sanders lost the lawsuit resulting in him having to pay $11.8 million to Darjean. However, CU Safety declared bankruptcy shortly after, raising even more suspicion on all the money that he earned from his NIL deals.

Per USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer, “A federal judge denied a request by Colorado safety Shilo Sanders to dismiss a complaint in connection to his bankruptcy case.” The fans have a close eye on Shilo’s next move. Amid all this, if his father ends up having an NCAA violation claim, CU would be in ashes.