{"id":409174,"date":"2024-07-04T00:15:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T00:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=409174"},"modified":"2024-07-04T03:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T03:07:02","slug":"my-choice-carey-denial-after-hall-of-fame-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=409174","title":{"rendered":"'My choice': Carey denial after Hall of Fame saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Controversial Australian football great Wayne Carey<\/a> has denied he was ordered by the AFL<\/a> not to attend a Hall of Fame function earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The two-time premiership winning North Melbourne<\/a> captain was due to be elevated in the NSW Hall of Fame to 'Legend' status at a function in Sydney in May.<\/p>\n

But on the morning of the event it was revealed \ufeffCarey's elevation had been stymied<\/a>, and it was reported it was an order from AFL chief Andrew Dillon.<\/p>\n

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The AFL was reportedly concerned about the optics of Carey's elevation on the same weekend the league was making a public stand on violence against women.<\/p>\n

Carey \ufeffwas accused of glassing then-partner Kate Nielson in 2007. Nielson did not press charges but later said the incident left her "bleeding profusely from the mouth".<\/p>\n

\"Wayne<\/p>\n

Speaking on his podcast this week, Carey denied it was Dillon who decided to kibosh his Legend status.<\/p>\n

"No, I wasn't blocked from attending. That was my choice," Carey told Uncensored with Wayne Carey<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"I still flew up to Sydney, by the way, and spent the weekend there."<\/p>\n

Carey gave his version of the events that transpired in May.<\/p>\n

"I got a phone call from a young man at AFL NSW and he said 'would you accept a call from Andrew Dillon?','' Carey said.<\/p>\n

"I was at the airport about to fly up to Sydney and said 'of course I'll accept the phone call', and we had that phone call.<\/p>\n

"It was very brief to be honest, in the end (he said) 'still go along'… there wasn't a discussion in and around me being inducted as a legend.<\/p>\n

"He said that hadn't crossed their desk, which I find hard to believe to be honest, but that's neither here nor there.<\/p>\n

\"Wayne<\/p>\n

"He mentioned still go along, you going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, (but) I don't want to detract from the rest of the players that were being inducted whether it be legend or just into the Hall of Fame. It would have become a circus.<\/p>\n

"And the focus would have been around me unfortunately for them, so I made the decision not to go. I felt that was the right one for everyone at that function."<\/p>\n

Carey said he has no regrets about not going to the function.<\/p>\n

"I've lost no sleep over it. It sat with me for a little while – was there a little disappointment? I'd be lying if I said there wasn't," he said.<\/p>\n

"I sit very comfortable with not attending the night and I heard great things. My hero from when I was eight, nine, 10 years old \u2014 Laurie Pendrick \u2014 got inducted that night. So I was a little bit disappointed that I didn't get to go and see him be inducted and obviously a fellow Wagga Wagga boy in Paul Kelly being inducted as a legend.<\/p>\n

"So from a selfish point of view I would have liked to see those guys enjoy the night."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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