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Colorado Football coach Deion Sanders and his medical team have revealed that he has bladder cancer and has removed his bladder but is now cured from the cancer.
He held a press conference in Colorado on Monday, July 28th, where he remained and recovered in property in eastern Texas in May and June, before discussing it. He was accompanied by his doctor Janet Kukleja and Colorado athletic trainer Lauren Askebord at the press conference.
“It was a tremendous journey,” Sanders said. “It was difficult.”
He lost 25 pounds and said, “I can’t pee like I was peeing,” but he’s grateful and is beginning his third season as a coach in Colorado.
“I’m dependent,” Sanders said with a sense of humor. He also encouraged men to be screened for this condition.
“I always knew I was going to coach again,” Sanders said.
The history of health of Deion Sanders
Sanders, 57, has refused to disclose his condition up until now, despite admitting that he was suffering from an unspecified health recession in late May. He missed several events in between, including last year’s star player Travis Hunter’s May 24 wedding, as well as the annual youth and high school football camp on campus in June. A recruit who came to campus in June was told he was sick. He also missed the speaking appearance scheduled for June 8th in Florida, but he said it was okay on social media without revealing what the issue was.
He appeared at the Big 12 Conference Media Days event in Frisco, Texas on July 9th, but refused to talk about his health. He did not return to Colorado until July 25th, two days before players reported to campus to begin preseason camp.
He says he has a history of blood circulation problems in his legs, and that he has blood clots running in his family, which is why his uncle is dead. He said he spent 23 days in the hospital in the fall of 2021, where he fought compartment syndrome with his left foot and then he had amputated two toes from his left foot, causing him to die there. He missed three games for that season as head coach at Jackson State in Mississippi, but he healed enough to guide his team to an 11-2 record for that season, including three games he missed.
He had more surgeries in the summer of 2023 to fix his blood clot, which has led him to even miss the Pac-12 Media Days event.
What does Deion Sanders deal say in this respect?
He agreed to a new five-year contract earlier this year, covering more than $10 million a year. If he has not been in service for more than five consecutive times, he will require that the athletic director be notified.
There are regulations regarding disability.
“After engaging in an interactive process with the University Disability & Access Center, if the Coach is deemed unable to perform the essential functions of his work, with or without reasonable accommodation, this Agreement will automatically terminate and Sanders’s salary and other benefits will end in the month of such termination notice.”
If he decides to retire from coaching, he says he doesn’t have to pay the university liquidated damages to buy the contract, but if he retires, if he changes his mind, he will turn the coach into a coach elsewhere.
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