Deion Sanders uses sideline toilet at Colorado opener after cancer surgery
Posted on: Aug 30, 2025 11:20 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
colorado river train Deion Sanders has been workings to transfer the stigma around incontinency and bladder problems after having his cancerous bladder removed in May, as reported by USA Today.
He has even talked about needing a portable toilet on the sideline during games this season.
On Friday, Aug. 29, it was clear he was serious. A Colorado official said the black tented box near the 20-yard line is Sanders’ bathroom if he needs it during Friday night’s opener against Georgia Tech at Folsom Field.
"I know I got halftime, but can I make it through a game?” Sanders told former NFL receiver Michael Irvin in a July interview. “What if there’s a long quarter? OK, so I start thinking I gotta get a Porta Potty for the sideline.”
Sanders, 58, had his bladder replaced with a neobladder built from his small intestine. It is smaller than a normal bladder, so he has to urinate more often.
That honesty led to a new partnership. The sideline portable restroom was sponsored by Depend, the incontinence brand Sanders has backed since his surgery. For him, the deal was never about covering struggles, but about showing strength.
In August, he pushed that message again: “Ain’t NO SHAME in taking care of yourself. That’s not weakness — that’s WINNING.”
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This year is also Sanders’ third season at Colorado, but it brings change. Without his sons Shedeur and Shilo Sanders or star Travis Hunter, the Buffaloes are in transition. Transfer quarterback Kaidon Salter takes over, ready to lead under Sanders’ fiery coaching. Yet, beyond schemes and plays, the bigger story is Sanders himself. Coaching so soon after a serious illness is nothing short of remarkable. His place on the sideline shows not only survival, but defiance. For Colorado, it proves they can depend on him in more than one way.
This is Sanders’ third year at Colorado after going 9-4 last season and 4-8 in 2023.
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