Let's look at ourselves before pointing finger to others. A sport needs to get popular, not by 1 nation or 1 region. It needs everyone to be competitive, to make it to be fun.
You can not blame any NBA team, if they choose not to participate in NCAA finals, right? To promote a sport, it needs everyone's effort. Once everyone becomes to the same level, it will be much more fun to watch.
Let's not to put CHN in the hot seat once there's any badminton related news coming up. They come, you will say, they do not play hard, they match fix, they are too dominate, not good for the sports. They do not come, you say they are not supportative. What you want them to do then?
Let's look at basketball. In OG 92, NBA dream team won the gold by average 30+ points. However, just after 10 years, tons of other nations catch up, and getting W in matches here and there. During the years, I don't see any nation / region crying about why NBA did not participate in whatever tournament they are holding. I do not hear any teams complain they need coaches or all star players to join them in order to improve. So, if basketball as a sport, can improve in general by each individual's own hardwork, why badminton as a sport need to rely on 1 nation?
You can not tell others what to do, but you surely can tell yourself what to do. Instead of wasting the time and effort to blame others, try to train harder and make yourself a better player.
Let's look at ourselves before pointing finger to others. A sport needs to get popular, not by 1 nation or 1 region. It needs everyone to be competitive, to make it to be fun.
You can not blame any NBA team, if they choose not to participate in NCAA finals, right? To promote a sport, it needs everyone's effort. Once everyone becomes to the same level, it will be much more fun to watch.
Let's not to put CHN in the hot seat once there's any badminton related news coming up. They come, you will say, they do not play hard, they match fix, they are too dominate, not good for the sports. They do not come, you say they are not supportative. What you want them to do then?
Let's look at basketball. In OG 92, NBA dream team won the gold by average 30+ points. However, just after 10 years, tons of other nations catch up, and getting W in matches here and there. During the years, I don't see any nation / region crying about why NBA did not participate in whatever tournament they are holding. I do not hear any teams complain they need coaches or all star players to join them in order to improve. So, if basketball as a sport, can improve in general by each individual's own hardwork, why badminton as a sport need to rely on 1 nation?
You can not tell others what to do, but you surely can tell yourself what to do. Instead of wasting the time and effort to blame others, try to train harder and make yourself a better player.
If this is true, it is an appalling decision.This is not even about the money. Being the preeminent badminton nation, China has the obligation to support anything that promotes the game.
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Now their wishes have came true... and nobody is happy.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it a fact that most Malaysian fans on this forum claim that they prefer to watch matches without Chinese players especially China vs China???
Hehehehe...
To everyone who thinks badminton can be more popular by having bigger prize money tournament and China participate in every one of them... LOL... that's not going to work.
This event provides the strongest evidence. The main people thinking that money can buy popularity is the BWF. They need to rethink how they can use they available money better. That or get some people who can actually THINK constructively
If you want badminton to be popular... DON'T HOLD over 70% of tournaments in ASIA!!!
Yes, bring some tournaments to North America (read Canada)
Especially the so-called special events.
Change the image of the sport from being a sissy sport(or Asian sport), by not having so many short/skinny/chubby/tomboy players, and replace with some well build male, and prettier female players instead... Then maybe badminton won't be look down so badly in most western societies.
Man, you were rolling along so nicely until this stupid comment
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with or without China...this is a good opportunity for other players to get easy money....when else?
The most important at this moment in time is get the money....so..other players must "celebrate" and be happy for the Chinese team's non-participation...
If China team decided not to participate in MO and KO, wow.....that's better and it's a good opportunity for other players to collect more dollars...
Do you know where is Simon Santoso?
More the tournament format makes it very difficult for CHN to win.I remember reading CHN was offered the opportunity to host SSF through Lining as the sponsor but it fell through.What to do? Even at their doorstep, they rejected it.Maybe it's the location that's put them off
