Badminton has rich history in team events for both genders. I have had non-badminton people ask me why isn’t there a team event for badminton. Triathlon and table tennis can have it.
That is a great question. Just watched a bit of table tennis and it's so great to see the team spirit there. Would be awesome to have this for badminton as well.
Badminton has Sudirman, Thomas, Uber Cup and Asia team championship, don't see Bwf will change the format for Olympic. 7 gold medals for badminton is not realistic. Elimination of MD and WD is the logical choice if team competition is inserted. Not going to happen.
Adding medals mean adding time and money. If badminton adds 2 more gold medals, other sports will ask for it also. The Olympics will take longer. Only a few rich countries are able to hold an Olympic.
It takes negotiation to make things like this to happen. There is rarely consensus on what event should be added. Maybe when next time a badminton country gets to host Olympics. btw, XD was only added to table tennis this time around.
I am not a big fan of team events. AG games already has team events and that's ok and enough. No need for one in Olympics. To me it will be kind of polluting the sport which is primarily an individual sport.
The question is, why this is at all relevant for the discussion? There is no connection between the number of medals in table tennis or canoeing with the number that is given out in badminton. Classic whataboutism.