Watch Deion Sanders' Entire Football Team Halt Traffic to Confront a WFAA Camerman

WFAA's Brett Shipp went out to the football practice yesterday of Prime Prep Academy, the charter school co-founded by former Cowboy Deion Sanders. What happened was dangerous, awkward, embarrassing, and yet another example of why Sanders shouldn't have a school, and why this state should spend a few more shekels...

By Joe Tone

August 30, 2012

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WFAA's Brett Shipp went out to the football practice yesterday of Prime Prep Academy, the charter school co-founded by former Cowboy Deion Sanders. What happened was dangerous, awkward, embarrassing, and yet another example of why Sanders shouldn't have a school, and why this state should spend a few more shekels to regulate the charter-school industry.

For more on Sanders' misadventures in school-starting, read our cover story, "Deion Sanders' Charter School and the Making of a Prime Time Scam"

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