s ▁theories ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁opp ose ▁CBS ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁fire ▁him . ▁Black ▁former ▁NFL ▁player ▁Ir v ▁Cross ▁said ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 0 ▁for ▁ 3 0 ▁document ary ▁about ▁S ny der ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁worked ▁alongside ▁S ny der ▁for ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁consider ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁rac ist ▁at ▁all . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁document ary , ▁Frank ▁De ford ▁sympath et ically ▁noted ▁that ▁Jimmy ▁often ▁tried ▁to ▁sound ▁more ▁educated ▁than ▁he ▁actually ▁was ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁comments ▁were ▁basically ▁him ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁point ▁about ▁a ▁subject ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁knew ▁nothing . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁W RC - TV ▁interview , ▁S ny der , ▁whose ▁remarks ▁were ▁term ed ▁" re pre hens ible " ▁by ▁CBS , ▁also ▁commented ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁sports ▁real m ▁in ▁which ▁whites ▁then ▁domin ated ▁was ▁co aching ▁and ▁that ▁if ▁black s ▁were ▁to ▁" take ▁co aching , ▁as ▁I ▁think ▁everyone ▁wants ▁them ▁to , ▁there ▁is ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁anything ▁left ▁for ▁the ▁white ▁people ." ▁S ny der , ▁during ▁his ▁remarks , ▁emphas ized ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁meaning ▁to ▁be ▁" der og atory " ▁but ▁said ▁the ▁only ▁thing ▁then ▁that ▁" wh ites ▁control ▁are ▁the ▁co aching ▁jobs ▁— ▁the ▁black ▁talent ▁is ▁beautiful , ▁it ' s ▁great , ▁it ' s ▁out ▁there . ▁The ▁only ▁thing ▁left ▁for ▁the ▁whites ▁is ▁a