Posted on 08/11/2014 5:43:01 PM PDT by FlJoePa
DALLAS — A few years back, Deion Sanders, the Hall of Fame cornerback and N.F.L. commentator who still digs being called by the nickname Prime Time, was approached with a splendid business proposition.
A partner suggested creating a Texas charter school. They would name it after Sanders: Prime Prep Academy. They would collect and mentor the finest male athletes in Texas and elsewhere and become a powerhouse.
God only knows what business opportunities might come along, particularly if they could tap Sanders’s deep-pocketed backers, like the sports clothing manufacturer Under Armour, for which Sanders works as a brand ambassador.
All went swimmingly. The Texas Board of Education fell over itself to accommodate Sanders. The coach of a small Christian school defected to Prime Prep and brought along his collection of nationally ranked basketball players, including Emmanuel Mudiay, a preternaturally talented, 6-foot-5-inch, 190-pound point guard.
Just like that, Prime Prep went world class. It had a top-ranked basketball team, its games broadcast on ESPN.
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Now I feel sort of sick to my stomach.
Are they intent on shagging kids like Penn State?
A school for kids who can’t read good?
Sort of like most of our colleges but only at the middle and high school level.
These Prime Prep fools make the news 3-4 nights a week here in Dallas.
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