Deion Sanders warns reporters against negative coverage after barring writer from asking questions [Video]

Deion Sanders sent a message to reporters at a Colorado football news conference on Saturday, letting them know he tracks “where they stand” regarding the harshness of their coverage. 

Asked about the subject of negative coverage and negative questions during press conferences, Sanders said, “I’ve never read an article or a comment and said, `Oh, that’s gonna make me go harder.’ I’m gonna go hard regardless, but that comment just allowed me to know where you stand. 

“So, that’s the only differential of the thing. It doesn’t propel me. Where I came from propelled me. How I grew up propelled me. Like, you know, being an African American, one of few that’s a head coach in college football, that kind of stuff propels me. It’s not what you say. That lets me know where you stand.”

Sanders’ message came at the first press conference in which Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler was not permittedto ask questions of Sanders …