Deion Sanders’s method of cutting dozens of football players is not unusual in college athletics and is part of improving the Buffaloes programs, Colorado athletic director Rick George says.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated while at Pac-12 conference meetings in Arizona, George defended his first-year coach in the wake of mounting criticism over what has transpired this spring in Boulder. In a roster turnover unlike any seen in college athletics, 30 Colorado players have entered the portal since the April 22 spring game. Forty-three players entered the portal during the spring window.
While some voluntarily made the move, many of the transfers say Sanders essentially cut them. George says Sanders is using what’s called a “head coach exemption” made available under NCAA rules to give first-year coaches the ability to cut scholarship players.
