Pro Football Hall of Famer and Jackson State head football coach Deion Sanders spoke out Friday about the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.
Ahead of Jackson State's opening game of the 2022 season against Florida A&M on Sunday, Sanders said the following regarding the situation in Jackson, according to Safid Deen of USA Today: "We just hope we can afford to give the people an escape for the period of time ... so they can get their minds off the true issues at hand. It's a tremendous burden, but it's way bigger than football.