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Yes, Deion Sanders has left NFL Network. According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, the decision resulted from Sanders ‘inability and the league’s TV operation to reach a new deal after Sanders’ contract expired.
Per Marchand, the NFLN wanted Deion to take a pay cut.
John Ourand of Sports Business Daily had reported that Sanders had earlier agreed to a new deal, but then decided to leave the network.
“Deion has been one of the key figures responsible for the growth of the NFL Network,” the NFL Network said in a statement. “We thank him for his work and wish him the best in the future.”
It is not the first time Deion has left a network check on money. More than 16 years ago, he walked away The NFL Today on CBS after the network reportedly refused to double its salary from $ 1 million to $ 2 million. CBS replaced Sanders with Shannon Sharpe.
Then Deion came out of a three-season retirement to spend two years with the Ravens. This time he can try to get into coaching at the college level. He tried, without fail, to make himself a serious candidate for the job at Florida State in January. He later promised that, come 2021, he will be head coach at the college.
