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Deion Sanders rejects Nick Saban's private chat, wants to talk publicly

The fallout of Nick Saban's comments on Texas A&M and Jackson State is still unfolding, and Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders wants the public to see it all.

The NFL Hall of Famer-turned-coach told Andscape's Jean-Jacques Taylor on Thursday that he would like a public conservation regarding the Alabama coach's claims that Sanders' program paid top recruit Travis Hunter $1 million for his commitment.

Saban has since apologized for singling out Jackson State and Texas A&M while criticizing the current NIL landscape. Andscape reports Saban reached out to Sanders' representatives for a private conversation, which Sanders publicly rejected:

“I haven’t talked to Coach Saban.