Healy: It's time to allow Wayne Carey to move on with his life

I want to begin the program by revisiting the Wayne Carey issue of a couple of days ago. It reignited the whole Wayne Carey public examination that has cost him so many public awards of which he is entitled to, including the recent North Melbourne acknowledgement in the 100-year history tape.

But more importantly, preventing him and those close to him from getting on with their lives without having to constantly be haunted by mistakes of a long time ago. We've all made mistakes in life, and surely Wayne's entitled to move on from his.

It forced Wayne yesterday on Sam Newman's podcast to finally say enough is enough, going through his view of the events that have grown a much darker life of their own than what he tells is the facts behind the history.

I've heard them before, and I've said it before. He's paid more than enough of a price for the incidents that he has gone through 1 by 1, refuting some serious misnomers, owning and apologising for others all at once.

But seriously, folks, it's well and truly time in my view that we acknowledge that he's paid his price, and the game should acknowledge his contribution in the appropriate ways rather than the last minute call to prevent him from being inducted as a legend of the New South Wales Hall of Fame. It's just an example from last year, just in case somebody without all the facts was offended, or even somebody with the facts.

As he said, you don't get that long for murder. Wayne, good luck. I hope it turns and turns in a hurry.