Al Sharpton Defends Deion Sanders, He Had ‘The Right’ To Leave JSU

All the Deion Sanders haters have to get off the coach’s head … so says Al Sharpton, who tells TMZ Sports Prime had each proper to go away Jackson State for Colorado earlier this month.

“I believe that lots of us had such delight in him being at an HBCU that we overlook that individuals make private choices,” the civil rights activist informed us this week in New York City … “And they’ve the appropriate to try this.”

Of course, there have been lots of blended reactions to Sanders’ transfer to Boulder … with many blasting him for leaving the HBCU that he helped flip round for a Pac-12 program he has little ties to.

But, Sharpton tells us the critics want to chill it … saying he believes Deion did all the pieces he stated he was going to do at JSU earlier than in the end taking an even bigger gig.

“He’s moved on and I believe that our job is to guarantee that Jackson State and others proceed on the identical degree,” Sharpton stated.

Sharpton ain’t the one one which has had Sanders’ again because the transfer … Bomani Jones additionally supported him this week — saying on “TMZ Live” he understood the selection.