Coach Deion Sanders: Does CU really support censorship of sports journalist?

Re: “CU football: Sanders will no longer answer Post columnist’s questions,” Aug. 24 sports story

I want you all to know how I and many others feel about the unjust and unprofessional restrictions put on your sports columnist by the University of Colorado’s athletics department.

The action by the department in prohibiting a Denver Post columnist who covers CU football from asking questions is unconscionable.

As a CU alum and a huge Buffs fan, I view the articles and columns of the Post’s Sean Keeler as excellent journalistic work!  I see clarity and objectivity in that he not only reports the good news, but he also lets the flaws of the coach and the program speak for themselves in his articles. He is doing his job! And, in my humble opinion, he does it well!

It is beyond my comprehension how the CU Athletic Department can view his work as attacks. Their decision to prohibit him from asking questions is unfathomable. It is the latest in a series of downhill turns taken by a once respected and respectful program.

Shame on the CU athletic department.

Keep in mind that a lot of Buff fans don’t buy into the hype surrounding Coach Deion Sanders. He talks the talk but so far has not been able to walk the walk.

CU deserves better. The players and fans deserve better.  Denver Post readers deserve better. Please oppose this action in any way you can.

I support your columnist and I support The Post 100%. And if you want me to, I will speak out publicly with my albeit small voice.

Bill Allegar, Denver

Who knew Deion Sanders is such a baby? First, he refused to answer a question from local CBS reporter Eric Christensen because of some issue he has with the CBS network that has absolutely nothing to do with him. Now he bans Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler from asking questions because Keeler dares to provide objective coverage rather than sucking up to him.

Sanders loves the spotlight when people are fawning over him, but he can’t handle the criticism that also comes with being in the spotlight. It doesn’t help that there are reports of players running wild with guns and fighting in the locker room. CU was desperate to become relevant, so they took a gamble, and so far, all it’s doing is portraying the coach and school in a very bad light. CU won’t become respectable until Sanders either grows up or is on his way out of Boulder.

Dennis Bronstein, Denver

There is only one proper response to Coach Deion Sanders’ refusal to take questions from Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler. The Denver Post should cease all coverage of the University of Colorado’s football team until Keeler is permitted to ask questions of Coach Sanders. Further, no journalist or sports reporter should write anything about CU’s football team until Keeler is allowed to ask questions. Coach Sanders’ refusal to talk to Keeler has a chilling effect on the freedom of the press. Coach Sanders cannot dictate what The Denver Post can or cannot write about him or his team. This is the United States of America.

Michael J Noonan, Georgetown

CU is “backing journalistic integrity”

I am pleased with CU backing journalistic integrity by banning personal taunts from a columnist on Deion Sanders, calling him “false prophet,” “Deposition Deion,” “Planet Prime,” “Bruce Lee of B.S.,” “the Deion Kool-Aid” and “circus.”

It’s a low blow from the article’s author couching this as an attack on journalistic integrity.

There is no need to “drama-up” (or personalize) articles to sell papers — this was one of the reasons I stopped freelancing for the now defunct “The Glenwood Post” years ago. They’d take an article I wrote on a local school board or city council meeting and throw a misleading title implying malfeasance or contention that wasn’t supported by the facts.

Police your own.

Leslie Wilson, Collbran

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Originally Published: August 27, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.