The Deion Sanders-led Buffs made waves earlier this week when they announced that Shadeur Sanders and Heisman winner Travis Hunter would receive draft insurance ahead of Colorado's Alamo Bowl matchup against BYU.
In essence, this meant the superstars were covered if they were to get injured in the Alamo Bowl, ensuring they’d not take the well-traveled road of opting out of their bowl matchup ahead of the NFL Draft.
"We happen to have two players that are probably gonna be the first two picks of the NFL draft,” Deion Sanders said, per USA Today. “I think we all know who those two are, and they have received I think the highest number of coverage that has ever been covered in college football.
“It far exceeds anyone (who) has ever played this game of college football."
This bold move didn’t really seem to pay off for the Buffaloes, as though Travis Hunter was able to reel in a touchdown catch, many fans believe the insurance policy was completely wasted.
“Just gonna say it,” said Tom Fornelli on X, “Colorado wasted money on that insurance policy. Would’ve had the same result [with Hunter and Sanders] opting out."
Others argued the point of the insurance policy being moot, stating “That insurance policy is a scam, it wouldn’t cover lost income from getting a lower draft pick due to injury, and would pay pennies on the dollar for career ending injuries.”
Whatever the case for the legitimacy of the insurance policy, Coach Prime has found himself the subject of serious scrutiny as CU struggled immensely against BYU in the final dance for Deion, Shedeur, Shilo, and Hunter together.
Will this showing eliminate the usage of draft pick insurance policies as a whole? Only time will tell.
One thing is for sure, though: Deion Sanders has plenty of questions about his future after an Alamo Bowl dud for the ages.