Deion Sanders reacts to conference realignment in college athletics: 'All this is about money'

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Friday was a seismic day in college athletics as the Pac-12 conference lost five schools, bringing the total remaining teams to four starting in 2024. 

Oregon and Washington will head to the Big Ten in 2024, while Arizona, Arizona State and Utah will depart the Pac-12 for the Big 12 after the 2023-24 athletic season. 

Logos from Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and the University of Utah (Getty Images)

Colorado kicked off the movement at the end of July, announcing a return to the Big 12 following the upcoming academic year. 

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Deion Sanders, hired as head coach of the Colorado football program in December, weighed in Friday as the landscape of college athletics continued to shift. 

"I don’t care nothing about no different teams moving," Sanders said at a press conference. "We’re trying to win, man. I don’t care what we play. I don’t care what conference, who we’re playing against. We’re trying to win. 

"All this is about money, you know that. It’s about a bag. Everybody is chasing a bag. Then you get mad at the players when they chase it. How’s that? How do the grown-ups get mad at the players when they’re chasing it when the colleges are chasing it?"

Deion Sanders speaks to reporters at UCHealth Champions Center In Boulder, Colo. Aug. 4, 2023. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning took a shot at Colorado last week before the news of Oregon’s move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten. 

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"Not a big reaction," Lanning said. "I'm trying to remember what they won