<P> McGuire and McKinnon's commentary of the Olympic opening ceremony was widely criticised in newspapers and on Twitter . Errors including spoilers before surprise appearances, ill - timed remarks, reference to the Peter Pan character Captain Hook as Captain Cook and Abraham Lincoln as a prime minister of the United Kingdom . The McGuire and McKinnon commentary was not used for Foxtel's coverage of the opening ceremony . </P> <P> On Friday 24 May 2013, during a match at the MCG, a 13 - year - old Collingwood fan racially vilified Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes by referring to him as an' ape', following which McGuire apologised to Goodes "on behalf of the Collingwood Football Club and on behalf of football". McGuire said that Collingwood had a "zero tolerance" policy towards racism, but also said that the girl did not know that what she had said was a racist slur . </P> <P> On Wednesday 29 May 2013 McGuire himself made an on - air racist reference to Adam Goodes and King Kong, also using the word' ape' . He apologised on air after making the reference, but prefaced his apology by stating "I wasn't racially vilifying anyone". McGuire's comment was widely criticised . He also held a press conference in which he apologised again . In a later interview that day, he admitted he was guilty of racial vilification . He also offered his resignation as Collingwood President, but the Collingwood board expressed their support for him . </P> <P> In June 2015 McGuire was labelled a "continual boofhead" in a motion passed by the Upper House of the Parliament of New South Wales for comments he made about an Indigenous dance performed by Goodes, who was praised as a "role model to all". </P>

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