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| Deion Sanders Truth Academy try outs- Dallas |
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| American Football Champ approved for 2 charter schools |
Our boys from Turkey have some real competition in Dallas !! You can't get more American than football
"No jewelry, no earrings, no profanity," he says of house rules for his camp. "They have to go to Bible study. It's about respect."
Established players including Champ Bailey, Chad Johnson and Donte' Stallworth are among NFL veterans who have worked with Sanders during the off seasons; he expects several will lend a hand with the draft hopefuls.
Despite the politics in play, former Dallas Cowboy superstar and athlete, Deion Sanders, was able to overcome his celebrity status to make a victory tweet that his charter school application for "Prime Prime Prep Academy," in DFW was approved Friday, September 16. The name of his academy is a play on the name everyone who knew Deion will recognize, "Prime Time" Sanders.
Sanders was jubilant, announcing on Twitter and friends such as SnoopDogg quickly added their shout-outs :
Misgivings, regarding the celebrity of the star, and his endeavor to establish a charter school with two campuses in the Forth Worth area for between 650 and 1,000 students at each - came from both Republicans and Democrats with Mavis Knight, D-Dallas, acknowledging that she had to "wrestle with myself to keep from penalizing opportunities for students because of the celebrity involved" but adding that she was hopeful that "there are probably more resources" coming to the students because of it, reported the Texas Tribune.
A little farther from home, Republican Thomas Ratliff, who represents Mount Pleasant, made the caustic remark that he didn't want to see the charter application process evolve into a "celebrity-of-the-month club."
In the end, Sanders' dream of a charter school which would tie education and sports together for K-12, prevailed. Read how Sanders described his inspiration and hopes for the charter school to the Dallas Morning News.
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