Controversial footy duo Wayne Carey and Sam Newman are BARRED from appearing at very popular event: 'It's pretty weak'
The controversial pair were asked to speak at the Barwon Heads Football and Netball Club charity event on June 21 at the Barwon Heads Hotel.
Tickets cost $60 per person, with organisers set to offer a two-course meal, raffle and special guests have been billed to join.
The Event is well known for its popularity, with patrons attending the event set to travel down to watch Barwon Heads vs Torquay, dubbed 'The Battle between the Breaks'. Last year several big names from the footy world also attended, including Carlton greats Jim Buckley and Mike Fitzpatrick.
But in a turn of events, the former North Melbourne and Geelong players were told not to show up, according to The Herald Sun.
It is understood that committee members had not been happy with the appearance of the 'You Cannot Be Serious' podcast hosts attending the event.
Tickets cost $60 per person, with organisers set to offer a two-course meal, raffle and special guests have been billed to join
There was 'considerable community backlash' to the move, with committee members appearing to be unhappy by the proposed appearance of the pair.
It came after the former North Melbourne player, Carey, had previously pleaded guilty to an indecent assault against a woman outside of a nightclub in 1997 before admitting to assaulting a cop in 2009.
A spokesperson from the Barwon Heads Football and Netball Club explained that the committee 'decided to go in a different direction' and rescind the invitations offered to Newman and Carey.
Speaking to the outlet, Newman, explained that he and his podcast co-host were not phased by the decision but added the rescinded invite was 'weak'.
'Some people thought it was not a good idea so they cancelled it, which makes no difference to Wayne and I,' Newman said.
'It does not worry me and it does not worry Wayne, I am sure.
'These people in good faith asked us to come and then some people get a little anxious about who is appearing and they have every right to withdraw the invitation.
'It is pretty weak of a committee to have the tail wag the dog when I can assure you that the response they got about Wayne coming down, and me, was overwhelming. But the tail wags the dog and in this world we live in intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't feel offended.'
Newman, meanwhile, caused controversy last week after he appeared to claim that the AFLW was a 'lesbian league', while also mixing up the letters of the women's football league's acronym, calling it the 'AWFL'.
On Friday, Carey was also involved in a scuffle with another individual outside a Melbourne pub. The altercation was caught on video, with the 53-year-old told The Herald Sun he was harrassed by the other individual involved in the incident.
Giving his version of events, Carey explained that the individual had allegedly harassed him.
'Unfortunately, there are antagonists who target you based on your experiences as a has-been footballer,' Carey explained.
'This individual is a serial harasser — and he chose to repeat his behaviour through vile and obscene slurs, again, last night.'
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