The College of Colorado Buffaloes misplaced greater than only a soccer recreation final Saturday. The gamers and coach say thieves went into their locker room through the motion and stole a ton of useful jewellery.
“Our youngsters received robbed through the recreation final week. I believe that is a travesty,” stated head coach Deion Sanders at a press convention earlier this morning.
“NCAA, you do one thing about all the things else. Do one thing about this.”
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Heist occurred through the recreation
The theft occurred on the famed Rose Bowl in Pasadena, house to the UCLA Bruins, the place Colorado misplaced to UCLA 28-16. A number of gamers returned to the dressing room to seek out that non-public jewellery left in there had disappeared. A number of items of non-public and soccer gadgets have been additionally taken. The Pasadena Police have launched an investigation into the incident, in line with the LA Occasions.
“Through the recreation, they stole my chain,” stated one dejected participant exterior the stadium that night time.
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UCLA stated in an announcement that it’s “in communication with legislation enforcement, Rose Bowl Stadium officers, and the College of Colorado (CU) on the matter.”
Sanders Desires Compensation
Assembly with the press earlier this morning, Sanders requested that the NCAA reimburse the gamers.
“I’d count on the NCAA to do one thing about that. That is the Rose Bowl,” he stated. “The granddaddy of ’em all, proper? I am certain Granddaddy has some cash. Grandpa ought to have some cash to offer these youngsters.”
Sanders stated that the youngsters had acquired instruction on managing their funds, however the classes didn’t embrace insuring their gadgets. “We slipped, and we did not educate them on that.”
He requested his gamers to offer him a tally of the stolen gadgets.
“I am gonna have an inventory made out from these younger males, and I do know they are going to be truthful about what they misplaced, so we will attempt to get that again for them. We have to reimburse them.”
Sanders closed his assertion with a pointed message to the NCAA. “You do one thing about all the things else. Do one thing about this one.”