It's not a good thing that The Denver Post's Sean Keeler is being boxed out of Colorado football pressers

Colorado football fans are celebrating too much about The Denver Post's Sean Keeler being left out of press conferences from Deion Sanders and members of his coaching staff; specifically Warren Sapp.

On August 13, Sapp spoke to reporters about his defensive line -- dropping the now-infamous line that his defensive line is "We got bullets you get shot with a .38 or 9mm, you pick it."

Keeler tried to ask a question and was stopped by a staffer standing behind Sapp.

This followed Deion Sanders refusing Keeler's question at an explosive August 9 press conference, which happened to coincide with Coach Prime's birthday and the birth of his grandson, before calling Keeler out for constantly going at him and his program.

It's funny for a coach to call a reporter out within reason. Sanders seemingly did just that by being gentle in his rebuke of the Denver Post's top CU columnist. Keeler even admitted he had it coming to him.

But censoring the man from here on out? That's a slippery slope.

Deion Sanders' Colorado football program needs to stand up to scrutiny

Sanders can't invite the spotlight that "Prime Time" brings but then censor speech he doesn't like. If Coach Prime wanted to ban Athlon Sports' Steve Corder, that'd be one thing. Corder published an explosive report about what goes on in the Buffs' locker room that, if untrue, could cost him millions of dollars should Sanders and CU pursue legal ramifications.

But Keeler is an opinion columnist who, while overly oppositional at times, isn't libelous. He deserves to have his voice representing Denver's flagship legacy publication just as independent journalists do.

Sanders shouldn't go down this road. The Sapp incident should be the last time this takes place. This isn't a precedent that will lead to anything good for the program.

Because if anything from Corder's report was even remotely true, there is going to be more of a desire by the media to uncover it the more Coach Prime denies access.