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One of Canada's top lawn bowlers Ryan Bester believes the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi will suffer if the members of Gary Lawson's men's four are not allowed to compete.
The four are likely to learn their fate next week after being found guilty of deliberately throwing an end at last year's Asia-Pacific championships.
Canada made an informal complaint about the incident, but Bester said they never expected it to go so far.
Bester said he is now concerned about any punishment the may be handed down to the Kiwi four.
Adding that New Zealand is one of the top country's in the world for bowls so if they don't have their best players at the Games it will be a let down.
A leading New Zealand bowls commentator has also waded in on the controversy, stating he can't understand why Lawson has been found guilty of throwing an end, when the practice had been condoned a year earlier at the world champs.
Kevin Hickland said during the last round of section play in the fours another Gary Lawson skipped team threw multiple ends against Ireland.
They intentionally tried not to score points, to put another rival Scotland out of contention.
Hickland believes the judicial process was a farce and that Lawson's team never stood chance of clearing its name.
Chairman John Carter has issued the only statement from New Zealand bowl saying the "contentions of the players were hard to believe."
With the board backing its officials, despite widespread criticism of CEO Kevin Clark and coach Dave Edwards.
