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Deion Sanders to play for the Dallas Cowboys

Friday 13 October 1995 00:02 BST

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American football

The National Football League will allow Deion Sanders to play for the Dallas Cowboys, but said his seven-year, $35m (pounds 22.5m) contract must be restructured to meet salary-cap rules. Sanders will be take to the field for the Cowboys as soon as he recuperates from surgery on his left ankle. Under Sanders' deal with the Cowboys, his salary during the first three years is at the league minimum of $178,000 for veteran players, while his stated average salary in the three seasons of the contract that are not currently capped (1999-2001) is $5.5m.

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