Shaq has come to Deion Sanders' defense over the coach's "shocking" comments that it is preferable to come from two-parent homes. And that, perish the thought, kids who come from two-parent homes might be more well-adjusted and have more discipline. Coach Prime will also tell college players to their faces that they suck. He's blunt like that.

The basketball legend was on The Big Podcast where he got into it with Nischelle Turner.

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Shaq defended Deion's comments because there was nothing wrong with what the Coach said. "You know why I have discipline? Do you know why I don’t get in trouble? Do you know why I don’t do dumb sh*t? Daddy would have whooped my ass. A lot of kids don’t have that. A lot of kids have hard-working mothers that really have to work and they grow up on their own. And you can go left or you can go right. Studies [and] statistics show that’s just how it is."

For context, Sanders appeared on The Rich Eisen Show last month and was discussing what he looks for when recruitng college football players. The Coach said -- somewhat sarcastically, which you could tell because everyone was laughing -- he wants his quarterback to come from two-parent homes and his defensive lineman to be angry at the world.

What he said, while accurate, was also being said in jest. As I said before, a clue should be everyone laughing while he was saying it. At no point did Sanders say if your dad isn't in your life you are disqualified from being a quarterback. If you have a rocket for an arm and can win games, you're gonna get looked at. Sanders was speaking in generalities. And yes, speaking in generalities, kids who come from two-parent homes do better in school, are more well-adjusted and have more discipline than those who don't.

If you grew up with only one parent, neither Deion nor Shaq is talking to you personally. Though more importantly, they also don't care if your feelings are hurt. We need more of that.

And if you are 6'3", 250 lbs and your dad left when you were four, you should consider trying out for Coach Prime at Colorado State. Take out that anger on the QB with both his parents on the other team.

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