Deion Sanders on why the NCAA has a 'little problem' with spate of NIL deals

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Deion Sanders believes the surge of name, image and likeness (NIL) deals is a problem for the NCAA.

Sanders, the current head coach of Jackson State, warned against college football players getting paid big money when schools lack properly equipped support staff.

"NCAA, you got a little problem," Sanders started by saying in a video Wednesday.

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Deion "Prime" Sanders talks with his team after the conclusion of the annual spring football game. (Aron Smith/University Communications/Jackson State University via Getty Images)

He compared NIL to "pay-per-view" in the way some bigger schools are operating.

"When you start paying athletes like they're professionals, you get athletes acting like they're professionals. And you don't have staffs large enough and equipped enough to handle a young man with money. Let me go deeper, handle a young man that's making more money than some of the coaches on staff. You got a real problem," Sanders continued.

"I suggest to you to allow college teams to hire more qualified men. Qualified. That could handle these young men."

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Jackson State football coach Deion "Prime" Sanders talks with fans during the annual spring football game. (Getty Images)

Jackson State is a historically Black college or university and plays football in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision.

The school has some of its own big NIL players, including Sanders’ son Shedeur, who inked a deal with Beats By Dre last year and Gatorade in January, and Travis Hunter,