Another major part of this IMO is NZF saying they could have applied for eligibility for Wynne but didn't because they didnt want to RISK having him refused eligibility - absolute mare from them. Weigh up that risk with the risk they took playing him and anyone in their right mind knows what they should have done.
I was stunned when I heard this yesterday. NZF realised that there was an issue around his eligibility, and because they thought an exemption may not be granted, they didn't ask for one, and went on playing. So they went from worst case scenario where a player doesn't get to play in a tournament (which you're going to win without him anyway) and has to wait another 3 years to be eligible, to a worst case scenario in which the entire Olympic campaign is ruined. What kind of idiot makes that call?
And furthermore, what kind of idiot then goes on to publically admit it in a press conference while the possibility of an appeal is still alive?