Second-year head coach of Jackson State football, Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, abruptly ended his Southwestern Athletic Conference press conference when a reporter, Nick Suss, called him by his first name.
Sanders told Suss and the reporters as he left the room "You don't call Nick Saban, 'Nick.' Don't call me Deion. If you call Nick (Saban), Nick, you'll get cussed out on the spot, so don't do that to me," Sanders later added. "Treat me like Nick."
Suss, who is primarily an Ole Miss beat reporter for Clarion Ledger in Mississippi, says he always calls his interview subjects by their first name, regardless of status.