Deion Sanders shares goal of bringing baseball back to CU
On Thursday, Deion Sanders made his first appearance on the Colorado Football Coaches Show with Voice of the Buffs Mark Johnson. Along with giving his thoughts on Saturday’s matchup against TCU, Coach Prime said something that got the attention of baseball fans across the state.
“We’re going to be so dominant that we’re going to pack the stadium, sell out all our apparel, we’re going to do this, we’re going to be on television. We’re gonna command so much revenue for this university that we’re gonna add a baseball team,” Sanders told Johnson. “That’s the dream. That’s the goal.”
Currently, Colorado is the only Pac-12 school without a Division I varsity baseball team. In the Big 12, which CU is set to join next summer, Iowa State is the only other baseball-less school.
Sanders played parts of nine MLB seasons for the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants.
However, if Colorado were to bring baseball back, the university would also have to add a women’s sport with an equivalent number of scholarships to comply with Title IX rules.
“We’re gonna command so much revenue for this university that we’re gonna add a baseball team… that’s the dream” -Coach Prime
Build the statue if he makes that happen pic.twitter.com/ydWJxIwgyH
— Barstool Colorado (@CUBarstool) August 31, 2023
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