American football coach Deion Sanders has
forbidden his Jackson State University football players from leaving their hotel in
Houston this weekend following American rapper Takeoff’s tragic death.

Kirshnik Khari Ball, who goes by the
stage name of Takeoff, was shot and killed at the age of 28 following an
argument over a dice game at a bowling alley in Houston. Sanders told his team
that they would be confined to their hotel in wake of the incident. 

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In a heartfelt speech after the incident, Sanders addressed
the death of Takeoff, pointing out that the incident took place in Houston, the
same city where the team is headed on Saturday to play the Texas Southern
Tigers.

“Takeoff
was murdered in a dice game in Houston — where we’re going,” Sanders said,
continuing, “So, that eliminates all y’all leaving that hotel, ’cause it
ain’t happening until I give you further notice.”

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“Now you
guys are Jackson State royalty. You ain’t nobody. You’re not who you were a
year ago. You’re not even who you’re gonna be a year from now. Which is a
blessing,” Sanders said.

The
55-year-old coach explained to his team that they may need to undertake drastic
life changes to prevent similar incidents from happening to them, “But
you can’t continuously do the things you’ve always done and expect to get the
results. It’s going to have to be a change. You cannot kick it with the same dudes you kicked it with,
you cannot associate in the same realms that you associated with.”

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Sanders added, “You gon’ have
to change if you expect change. I’m sad because
it always seems like it’s us, but we wanna say we matter, we wanna say we keep
it 100, but it’s always us!”

“I’m just sick and tired
of the consistency of people, that are influential to you, are leaving us
consistently — that’s our rappers, Rest in Peace, Takeoff,” Sanders told the
team.