Deion Sanders typed into Twitter his opinion aboutathletes opting out of sports around the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic and hit send, somehow thinking it would resonate with his Jerome Robinson Jersey 1.1 million followers.

He must not have realized how it sounded for an NFL employee to call out players for being worried enough about their health and the health of their families to not play the game they love. His perspective that individuals don't matter in sports is strangeconsidering he made his name as "Prime Time" and "Neon Deion" an infamouslyindividualistic Paul George Jersey character who thrived in his own spotlight and added irreplaceable flairto the field.

"All Players OPTING out in all sports PLEASE BELIEVE the game will go on without u," Sanders wrote. "This is a busine Blake Griffin Jersey s & dont u EVER forget that. Theres NO ONE thats bigger than the game itself. Only the ref,umps & officials are that important that u cant play Louis Williams Jersey without them. NOT YOU! #Truth"

All Players OPTING out in all sports PLEASE BELIEVE the game will go on without u. This is a busine s & dont u EVER forget that. Theres NO ONE thats bigger than the game itself. Only the ref,umps & officials are that important that u cant play without them. NOT YOU!

Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders)

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A Kawhi Leonard Jersey wave of NFL opt-outs has been announced over the past week, which likely prompted Sanders' comment. He works as a pundit for the league-owned NFL Network. Packers receiver Devin Funche s, Patriots safetyPatrick Chung and Giants tackleNate Solder are among those who won't Patrick Beverley Jersey play in 2020 because of the pandemic.

People on Twitter, including players, piled on to let Sanders know what they thought of his take:

Would the players that actually thought the game Rodney McGruder Jersey would stop because they opted out for health concerns please stand up? .... smh

Benjamin Watson (@BenjaminSWatson)

Corny.

Chris Hairston (@CHairston75)

VOTE - Acro s Broken Gla s (@QueenLambright7)

Theo Melillo (@TheoMelillo)

What a cluele s statement. Theyre not opting out because they think theyre bigger than the Landry Shamet Jersey game itself - theyre opting out because they dont want to sacrifice their health and safety and that of their family. Los Angeles Clippers Jersey Cant play if your dead or debilitatingly ill.

Ryan J. Neel (@Ryzer71)

They played a month with replacement officials ... And yes, the NFL will continue on and I'm sure the players opting out understand someone could take their roster spot in their absence. But they value their health this season over the chance of being Tobias Harris Jersey replaced in 2021

Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz)

Nothing like an analyst for a league-owned network mi sing the point this much!

Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing)