Oprah Winfrey and Michael Strahan Get Dragged in the Conversation to Back Deion Sanders Point Over HBCU-NFL Drama

Deion Sanders has been a trailblazer in the field of college football coaching. He has been one of the very few high-profile NFL players to go on and coach an HBCU college. With some brilliant work at Jackson State, Sanders set up a system, designed for discipline and success. And he is very proud of the players he has seen in the HBCU. Therefore, he was furious when the draft didn’t have a lot of players from HBCUs getting drafted even after he moved out of JSU. In fact, only one player was drafted in the 7 rounds and he took to Twitter to berate the league for this.

After his comments, even members of the community like Stephen A. Smith took to his podcast to speak about it. He cited the examples of some famous personalities to reiterate Coach Prime’s point.

Stephen A. Smith comments on Coach Prime’s angry words

While on his show, Smith spoke about how Sanders had a point about the kind of visibility players from HBCUs have. He reiterated his point by talking about the kind of impact students from HBCUs have. Smith cited examples from the entertainment industry.

He made comparisons of the NFL and the sports industry to the contribution of famous members of HBCUs in the field of entertainment. Citing some names, he said, “I can tell you right now in the world of media entertainment and beyond HBCU talent is all over the place. Taraji P Henson and P Diddy to myself and so many others that have come from HBCUs that do tremendous work. Oprah Winfrey included Michael Strahan included along with various others.”

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Furthermore, his comment completely supported Sanders’ Twitter outburst that went viral a few days ago. His outburst came when he was congratulating an old student, who got drafted.

Fighting words from Deion Sanders

Coach Prime did not waste any time taking to Twitter to praise an old student of his. Sanders went on to congratulate Isiah Bolden, a cornerback who played under him while he coached at JSU. Sanders was beyond ecstatic about the youngster’s draft. However, he also went on to berate the teams in the league for not drafting more players from an HBCU like JSU. He said, “I’m ashamed of the 31 other NFL teams that couldn’t find draft value in ALL of the talented HBCU players & we had 3 more draft-worthy players at JSU.”

Sanders was very enraged with the way the NFL Draft had functioned. Furthermore, Smith raised some valid points that supported Sanders’ outburst. It only remains to be seen how many players from HBCUs actually get undrafted free-agent contracts and play in the league.

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