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Deion Sanders was overpaid for 2024 bowl game, according to Colorado audit

June 10, 2026

By Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY: The University of Colorado gave football coach Deion Sanders a bonus he didn’t earn after the 2024 season and overpaid him by $50,000 for his team’s appearance in Alamo Bowl that year, according to an internal audit by the university obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

The same audit found the university overpaid Sanders’ assistant coaches and staff by $71,333 for the same bowl game and the university lost $1.2 million on the bowl game in large part because it didn’t have a budget for it to regulate spending.

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