“Still Be on the Team”: Shilo Sanders’ $12 Million Assault Past Raises Doubts About His Future Without Coach Prime’s Shadow

Shilo Sanders’s past has come to bite him on his back brutally. After a losing 4-8 season, a lost assault and battery $12 million lawsuit, filing for bankruptcy at the age of 24, and a whole lot of berating, Shilo Sanders finds himself in a precarious situation. Although the incident at TripleA Academy happened 9 years ago, the backlash is making Shilo Sanders’ life tough today. The real question here is: Will it get worse?

Matt McChesney believes so. The repercussions of the fiasco would soon be on full display once the season kicks in. Per him, it might even cost him his safety position in the CU team. “I wonder if he would still be on the team,” McChesney wondered, stating the strong possibility. Colorado has climbed its way to the top in terms of publicity. While they have made a loyal fanbase, who sells out all tickets months before the season is set to start, they also have an army of detractors ready to criticize everything related to CU.

Amid all this, if Deion Sanders and Co. allow Shilo on the team, it will be another PR fiasco. It will surely invite much criticism, something that would be offputting for the whole CU team. This time, Deion Sanders has all the players to redeem themselves from the last season. Fresh faces like Jordan Seaton, LaJohntay Wester, Khalil Wester, Chidozie Nwanko, Taurean Carter, and more have already given a taste of what’s about to come in the 2024 season with their Spring Game performance.

For all these reasons, Shilo Sanders might be either “Asked to go to the transfer portal”, or might have to go on “Some sort of administrative leave to figure this out,” as McChesney says. However, the problem runs deep for Colorado, since it is not just limited to Shilo in a CU uniform. It’s also about when he’s not in the uniform.

Shilo Sanders in hot water because of his lifestyle

Be it watches or vacations, Coach Prime’s son liked everything flashy. Well, he is a son of Deion Sanders, after all, the guy with a net worth of $46 million. Adding to that, he had some pretty big NIL deals under his belt, stacking his NIL bag at a whopping $2.3 million once. We’re talking Louis Vuitton ramp walks, $119,620 worth of Ram 1500 TRX truck, and $50,000 watches. Not to mention his debut in the entertainment industry by playing the role of Deion Sanders in the BMF series.

Hence, when Shilo Sanders filed for bankruptcy, showing only $320,477 in his name in December 2023, everyone’s eyebrows connected straight to their hairline. Nothing of it was adding up. The utter miscalculation led Shilo Sanders’ to be labeled as ‘fake Floyd Mayweather’. Floyd Mayweather talked about everything flashy during his career, but no one could say a word to him since he won whenever he stepped in the ring. Coach Zach Smith, the host of ‘Menace 2 Football’, drew a direct comparison with his father. “You can’t talk likе Primе Timе and thеn filе for bankruptcy,” Coach Zach said. Now, what Deion Sanders and the authorities of Boulder make out of the situation would decide Shilo’s future.