Derek Lamb wrote of the mess caused by this re-opening the debate:
"It has damaged our reputation and made us look misogynistic. We need to be generous and fix it.... Let’s play the game in a way that makes us attractive to young women and men, and encourages them to join us."
Better to be (wrongly) judged misogynistic for maintaining the integrity and honour of the LAA for its members by sticking to one's principles, than to be judged sycophantic and spineless by giving in to threats and pandering to an egotistical, self-centred bully in a high-stakes game where there can be no winners.
Nothing could be less attractive to members - both present and future prospective members - than being encouraged to sacrifice all integrity and honour by "play[ing] the game" simply to appease just one member. The members deserve better.
If ever there was a time to vote on integrity and principles, to 'cut out the cancer that eats from within', now is that time, if the LAA hopes to survive with what might remain of the loyal membership.