AthlonSports, the outlet that was first to report that there was a mandatory rule imposed by Deion Sanders to his Colorado football players to attend the Lil Wayne concert -- something that supposedly led to a slew of transfers during the May portal window --, was ripped by Denver Sports' Jake Shapiro as "questionable."
"An erroneous report from a questionable outlet was quickly jumped on and denied by Deion Sanders and people close to the Colorado Buffaloes football program," Shapiro prefaced before saying, "That fake news entailed that several Buffs hit the transfer portal and were upset with how Sanders was running his football program after the coach was said to have forced players to show up for an on-campus Lil Wayne concert where Shedeur Sanders performed his music as an opener as part of the team’s spring game festivities."
AthlonSports' Steve Corder's source once threw around the "Daddy Ball" accusation, a popular refrain in coverage of the "Prime Time" era in Boulder thus far, in the scathing anonymous quote.
"The Wayne concert was the final straw for a few players who hit the transfer portal," a source told Corder. "When Coach Prime told us we all had to be there to support Shedeur as a rapper, they were not happy at all. To be honest, it was nothing but a huge distraction and Daddy Ball was being played."
Deion Sanders on Lil Wayne causing Colorado football players to transfer: 'One of the best lies'
Coach Prime was dismissive of the rumor on X, posting that it was "one of the best lies" he'd ever heard. Deion Sanders Jr. also ripped the rumor; ripping it the day it caught on like wildfire and sending out a cryptic post on X seemingly addressing it again.
All in all, the sports world was glued to the rumor and had varying reactions all over the spectrum.
What has been spoken in media circles is the veracity of the mandatory concert rule. Whether that led to transfers is the more hearsay part of it. It's hard to pin a player transferring from a program on any one thing.