Deion Sanders is typical among the Black former athletes who are in his position in the media. Always conscious of his own athletic record, Sanders will always be slightly guarded even when praising fellow Black athletes, because he feels that overpraising them might diminish his own accomplishments, or make people forget the fact that he was a professional athlete at one time as well.
Even when exorbitantly praising fellow Blacks, there will be constant allusions to his own feats (or, it is made sure that some white ****** next to him will remind the audience, lest they forget), again, because he is insecure (like most Blacks are, hence the phantom hamstring pull every time one of them gets his ass kicked in a sprint, or burned for a touchdown, etc.) and loves to preen and be showered with praise and attention, as are most narcissists.
So, it should come as no surprise that this titanic douchebag won't give Nelson even his grudging due, because, just as most Blacks are insecure, they are also incredibly jealous of Whites, even though they like to pretend that they're not.
The way Black former athletes soft-sell the success of fellow Blacks and completely dismiss the often SUPERIOR performance of Whites is in stark contrast to the attitude of nearly all White former athletes in similar positions in the media.
White former athletes in front of a microphone, far from soft-peddling fellow Whites' success or dismissing the accomplishments of Blacks, go full-on Uncle Tom and gush like **** over Black athletes, obviously because they know it pleases their "politically correct" (read: anti-White male) masters, and keeps them employed, and makes them [wrongly] believe that praising Blacks and wiggering out will make their affirmative-action Black peers accept them.