Colorado's Deion Sanders issues stern warning after learning of players' lackadaisical approach to academics

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The Deion Sanders-led Colorado Buffaloes took the college football world by storm last season. The Buffaloes had a disappointing finish to the season but have added several notable players to the roster over the past few months and will enter the 2024 campaign with high expectations. 

While Sanders is working to make sure the team is fully prepared for the upcoming football season, he also wants to ensure the players are focused on excelling in the classroom. 

Sanders was recently on the receiving end of a sharply worded letter from a University of Colorado professor, which provided details of some players' lack of "personal responsibility" with academics.

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CU football head coach Deion Sanders exits the locker room for the Rocky Mountain Showdown Sept. 16, 2023, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. (Cris Tille/USA Today Network)

Well Off Media shared a YouTube video of Sanders reading the letter he received from the professor. Sanders' son, Deion Sanders Jr., manages Well Off Media's content.

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"This semester has been extremely challenging for me as a professor," Sanders said, reading the letter aloud during what appeared to be a team meeting. "I have never felt so disrespected in my ten years of teaching. Students do not follow even minimally, and it slows down my class so much. They make it clear that they don't want to be here and have very little personal responsibility."

The two-time Super Bowl champion then began emphasizing the importance of classroom conduct.

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