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 in the course of the motion and stole a ton of beneficial jewellery.
“Our children bought robbed in the course of the recreation final week. I believe that is a travesty,” mentioned head coach Deion Sanders at a press convention earlier this morning.
“NCAA, you do one thing about every thing else. Do one thing about this.”
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Heist occurred in the course of the recreation
The theft occurred on the famed Rose Bowl in Pasadena, residence to the UCLA Bruins, the place Colorado misplaced to UCLA 28-16. A number of gamers returned to the dressing room to search out that non-public jewellery left in there had disappeared. A number of items of non-public and soccer objects 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,” mentioned one dejected participant exterior the stadium that night time.
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UCLA mentioned in a press release that it’s “in communication with legislation enforcement, Rose Bowl Stadium officers, and the College of Colorado (CU) on the matter.”
Sanders Needs Reimbursement
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 mentioned. “The granddaddy of ’em all, proper? I am positive Granddaddy has some cash. Grandpa ought to have some cash to provide these children.”
Sanders mentioned that the youngsters had obtained instruction on managing their funds, however the classes didn’t embody insuring their objects. “We slipped, and we did not educate them on that.”
He requested his gamers to provide him a tally of the stolen objects.
“I am gonna have a listing made out from these younger males, and I do know they will 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 every thing else. Do one thing about this one.”
