I recommended having that role years ago to one of the sport ministers I was meeting with. I said they needed an independent person who was going to oversee athletes and who could speak out on their behalf. I want it particularly because I interface with the sport system and hear what indigenous athletes go through. A lot of them often talk to me about the racism and alienation they experience. We need someone to speak out, support them and be there with them.
Often these sports, whether it's water polo, judo or whatever else, are so small and everyone knows each other. That's the problem. You can't expect them to really police themselves, especially when a culture is accepted and everybody knows about it. I think we need an external person to do oversight, but also to be an ear and have athletes not just checked on when there's a problem, but checked on all the time to see what's working and what's not working.