Wayne Carey set to lose Channel 7 job with fans demanding refunds over his AFL grand final event

Wayne Carey will lose another commentary appearance, with the former Kangaroos legend reportedly losing his Channel 7 job in the wake of his white powder scandal.

Carey’s contract with the network expires at the end of this season, and the industry site TV Blackbox has reported that it will not be renewed following the now infamous incident in which a bag of white powder fell from his pocket while gambling at the Crown Casino in Perth on Sept. 1.

The network immediately placed Carey “temporarily suspended” after the incident became public, but it is now clear that the decision has been made not to renew his contract.

Channel 7 had already dropped him from Friday’s main broadcast for AFLW star Daisy Pearce – so the writing may have been on the wall before the casino scandal.

It comes just days after radio station Triple M confirmed that the infamous villain would not be returning to the network.

The fallout from the scandal has been swift and serious, and plans for Carey to attend a grand final day event in Melbourne have been shattered, with fans outraged demanding refunds if he shows up.

Club Noble, a Melbourne South East venue, announced on their Facebook page that Carey was a last minute addition to their grand final day breakfast, along with fellow footy greats Mick Malthouse, Jason Akermanis and Simon Madden .

With tickets starting at $75, and $150 if fans want dinner and photos with the quartet, it would undoubtedly have been quite a lucrative gig for an unemployed Carey to recover.

But fans were outraged by the club’s plan to invite the star that no one else seems to want, with one even pointing out that “it seems like Carey is struggling with a gig these days.”

That was a suggestion that was refuted by Club Noble, with organizers appearing to be brazenly referring to Carey’s white powder scandal.

“Club Noble isn’t the worst gig out there…it could be a pharmacy,” the club wrote, ending it with a winking face emoji as they insisted the talk wasn’t the bottom of the barrel.

Other potential attendees pushed for ticket refunds if Carey showed up.

“We’ve already bought tickets… now I think we’re entitled to a refund as Wayne Carey wouldn’t be my choice at all,” one player commented on the club’s Facebook announcement about the event.

“If Carey is on the show, (my) friends or I won’t be there. You’re kidding!” while another called the decision to invite Carey a “big mistake.”

It is not the first event since the white powder scandal where Carey was not welcome.

Last Friday, the two-time Kangaroos premier was set to speak at a grand final luncheon for St Kevin’s Old Boys Football Club at the Glenferrie Hotel.

Carey was not featured in any promotional material for the event, so many of the 200 guests were unaware that he would be appearing.

Many of the named guests expressed concern about the footy legend speaking at the event – so St. Kevin’s President Patrick Mount made the decision to cancel the performance and ask Carey to leave

“There was concern in the room about Wayne’s presence, which we listened to, and it was decided to fire him during the event,” Mount said during the last-minute change.