Deon Sanders will no longer answer columnist Shan Killer's questions CU says citing sustain personal attacks language and Coach Prime's contract only requires him to speak with mutually agreed upon media the CU athletics department has informed The Denver Post that head coach Dion Sanders and anyone else within the Buffs football program will no longer take questions from columnist Shawn Keeler in a statement provided to the post editors on Friday Department officials said the decision was due to what it perceived as a series of sustained personal attacks in keeler's coverage of the football program when asked for specific examples of how keler personally attacks Sanders in the program a sports information staff recited his use of phrases such as false profit deposition Dion Planet Prime Bruce Lee of BS the Dion Koolaid and circus after a series of sustained personal attacks on the football program and specifically coach Prime the CU athletic department in conjunction with the football program have decided not to take questions from Denver Post columnist Shawn keler at football related events the CU statement read the statement did not specify how long keler would be unable to ask questions but a spokesman later clarified that the action was indefinite CU sports information staff members said the university will continue to credential Keeler and other reporters from the post for games practices and other football events only Keeler will be restricted from asking questions and he will still be welcomed to ask questions of other CU Athletics programs and Athletics administrators asked if Sanders requested Keeler be barred from asking questions the staffers declined to answer CU indicated that it has taken similar actions against reporters and news organizations at football media availabilities before the spokespeople would not reveal which reporters or Publications those were or why those actions were taken Sanders has specific language in his contract that requires him to speak only with mutually agreed upon media as part of his employment with cu the mutually agreed upon Clause does not appear in the contracts of either Buffs men's basketball coach Tad Bole or women's basketball coach J.R Payne nor was it in the contract of Sanders predecessor Carl derell this is not the first time an action like this has been taken against a journalist covering a team coached by coach Prime in July 2021 a reporter from the Jackson Clarion Ledger was barred from reporting on the Jackson State football team at the southwestern Athletic Conference media day a day after that reporter wrote a story detailing a domestic violence charge against one of the team's top recruits docu Athletics began barring Keeler from asking questions the week of August 12th days after keler wrote a column critical of Sanders Behavior at the University's fall Sports media day neither the post nor keler were informed of the action until after keler attended a football practice on August 13th Post sports editor Matt Schubert and editor Lee and kayapo contacted CU sports information that afternoon and met with two staff members over a video conference call on August 14th to discuss the action at the conclusion of the meeting the post requested specific parameters in writing and submitted a list of questions CU sent its statement 9 days later on Friday the statement did not cite any specific media policies violated by Keeler when asked for clarification a sports information staffer said that Keeler had not violated any specific media policies