“I know most of the coaches in the country are rooting for us to beat Notre Dame,” McMackin said. “Charlie gives this talk, ‘We do something special at Notre Dame,’ and they get up and they do this little cheer ... this little faggot dance.”
McMackin ended his speech at the Western Athletic Conference’s annual football media preview Thursday by adding, “Don’t write that faggot down. I was misquoted....I’ll deny it. Anything else?”
He returned 15 minutes later to make it even better, “I want to officially, officially apologize. Please don’t write that statement I said as far as Notre Dame. The reason is I don’t care about Notre Dame. But I’m not a … I don’t want to come out and have every homosexual ticked off at me. You know what I mean, because I don’t have any problem with homosexuals. But I apologize for saying that and I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t run that word. If you said ‘dance,’ that’s OK. But don’t use the bad term that I chose, please. Thank you.”
McMackin was suspended for 30 days without pay and volunteered to take an additional 7 % pay cut from his $1.1 million salary. McMackin cried his way through an apology late yesterday adding, "I should've never brought Notre Dame's program up in my interview," McMackin said. "I'm sorry that I said something so hurtful and I'm very remorseful."
So was he apologizing for the slur of gays and lesbians or for ND's football program?
