Football coach resigns after saying "painful" in a movie session

Oklahoma Sooners football assistant coach Cale Gandy said "shameful and hurtful" words during a team meeting Sunday. After he said he would resign last week. 

In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Gundy, who was a wide receiver coach at the University of Oklahoma, complained that players were distracted during games. After realizing it, the player explained that he had read the message on his iPad. movie session. 

"The words that appear have nothing to do with football," he wrote Gundy. "At that moment, I didn't even understand what I was reading, and when I did, I was horrified." 

"The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position I can do harm without knowing...I take responsibility for my mistakes.I'm sorry." 

since 1999 The Oklahoma assistant coach said he was stepping down because the team "doesn't deserve to be distracted by off-field issues." 

Oklahoma head of football his coach, Brent, said he accepted Gandy's resignation, although the Venables are in his first year leading the team. 

"In coaching and in life, we are all accountable for our actions and their consequences," he said in a Venables statement.  "As the leader of this program, it is imperative that we maintain the highest standards in modeling the type of men we want our players to be." 

Neither Gundy, Venables, nor the school elaborated on what the term is. 

Several former players have spoken out in defense of Gandy, including his Bengals running back in Cincinnati and former Sooners star Joe Mixon. He said Gandhi was "not a racist, but has the bones of a racist in his body, mind or soul." I know a racist, and I've seen both overt racism and unremarkable racism become more aware and loathing of actual racists. The furthest thing from this kind of person,” he wrote at . statement. 

The Sooners finished last season with his 11-2 record, beating Oregon in his bowl at the Alamo. 

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