The NFL Owns Deion Sanders And Doesn't Like To Share

Published: July 30, 2007, 11:06 am

Tags: nfl

If you'll remember back to last week, these pages featured excerpts from Deion Sanders' column for the Fort Myers News-Press about Michael Vick. Prime Time espoused support for the quarterback because he was being crushed by the media for having a "passion for dogfighting" instead of complimented for enjoying dog-killing activities. Sanders was rightly ripped far and wide for supporting illegal activities and many pointed out that authorities might want to discuss his comments about knowing many other athletes that engaged in dogfighting. But it's America, we're all able to express our opinions, no matter how off-base they may be, right? Not according to the NFL. Ed Reed, another writer at the paper, fills us in. I'm sure you came to this space today looking for Deion Sanders' column. And he wrote one for you. But we can't publish it. Due to contractual obligations, his full-time employer the NFL Network has the exclusive right to Deion's image and opinions. They

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