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

Re: “CU football: Sanders will no longer answer questions from Post columnist,” sports story from August 24

I want you all to know how I and many others feel about the unfair and unprofessional restrictions the University of Colorado Athletics Department is placing on your sports columnist.

The department’s action to ban a Denver Post columnist who covers CU football from asking questions is unreasonable.

As a CU alumnus and a big fan of the Buffs, I see the articles and columns of Sean Keeler of the Post as excellent journalistic work! I see clarity and objectivity in the fact that he not only brings the good news, but also lets the shortcomings of the coach and the program speak for themselves in his articles. He does his job! And in my humble opinion he does it well!

It is incomprehensible how the CU Athletic Department can view his work as an attack. Their decision to ban him from asking questions is incomprehensible. It is the latest in a series of downward turns that a once respected and respected program has taken.

Shame on the CU sports department.

Keep in mind that many Buff fans don’t buy into the hype surrounding Coach Deion Sanders. He talks the talk, but so far he hasn’t been able to back up his actions.

CU deserves better. The players and fans deserve better. The readers of the Denver Post 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 admittedly small voice.

Bill Allegar, Denver

Who would have thought Deion Sanders was such a baby? First he refused to answer a question from local CBS reporter Eric Christensen because of a problem he has with the CBS network that has absolutely nothing to do with him. Now he’s banned Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler from asking questions because Keeler dares to report objectively instead of trying to appease him.

Sanders loves the spotlight when people idolize him, but he can’t handle the criticism that comes with 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 chance, and so far all they’ve done is make the coach and the school look really bad. CU won’t be respectable until Sanders is an adult or on his way out of Boulder.

Dennis Bronstein, Denver

There is only one good answer to Coach Deion Sanders’ refusal to answer questions from Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler. The Denver Post should cease all coverage of the University of Colorado football team until Keeler is allowed to ask questions of Coach Sanders. Furthermore, no journalist or sports reporter should be allowed to write anything about the CU 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 does not get to dictate what the Denver Post can and cannot write about him or his team. This is the United States of America.

Michael J Noonan, Georgetown

CU “supports journalistic integrity”

I am glad that CU is supporting journalistic integrity by banning personal insults from a columnist about Deion Sanders, calling him “false prophet”, “Deposition Deion”, “Planet Prime”, “Bruce Lee of BS”, “the Deion Kool-Aid” and “circus”.