Deion Sanders can’t catch a break. This time, the brand new head soccer coach for the College of Colorado at Boulder is going through backlash for allegedly pushing spiritual practices along with his gamers.

NewsOne stories the Freedom From Faith Basis (FFRF) despatched a letter to the college’s chancellor, Phil DiStefano, claiming that Sanders is participating in “inappropriate and unconstitutional actions by participating in spiritual workout routines with gamers and employees members.”

As well as, ‘it’s our understanding that on December 20, 2022, a employees member led different employees members in a Christian prayer to start out an official assembly. Extra egregiously, on January 16, 2023, Coach Sanders directed a employees member to guide gamers and coaches in Christian prayer earlier than a crew assembly.”

BLACK ENTERPRISE reported that the ball-hawking NFL legend turned school coach wasn’t named CU’s head coach till December and was nonetheless teaching the gamers of Jackson State College till the start of the vacation season.

The letter, obtained by NewsOne, even names the precise prayer in query and jumps into authorized briefs stating a number of authorized precedents, together with a U.S. Supreme Courtroom ruling, that forbids spiritual workout routines in academic settings. FFRF spoke on behalf of scholars, saying student-athletes might really feel compelled to take part even when it goes in opposition to their spiritual beliefs.

Though Sanders may be very open about his spiritual beliefs, the 55-year-old has said, in accordance to The Comeback, that he’s prepared to finish after-game prayers, documented on the Amazon Prime documentary, Coach Prime, and on-line.

NewsOne reported that after JSU ranked among the many high 10 within the nationwide Soccer Championship Subdivision ballot, Sanders gathered the groups, encouraging the gamers and employees to wish with him. “Repeat after me,” Sanders advised his gamers. “Lord, I like you. Lord, I thanks. Lord, I amplify you. Lord, I glorify you. With out You, I wouldn’t be a factor! A factor! A factor!”