Richard Shine was ready to quit as chairman of Water Polo New Zealand almost as soon as he stepped into the role.
Instead, he knows he will have to act as the bad cop to enforce significant changes to the sport before he can step aside.
“The entire board discussed leaving en masse,” Shine says when asked about the turbulent fallout to claims of bullying within the New Zealand women’s team.
“And if we continue to come under personal attack then why would we stay? I have other issues in my life that cause problems and only so much bandwidth to deal with them.
“So why do it? Why stay? Well the mission hasn’t changed.”
