Sorry, just want to voice this over my head that I feel LCW has absolutely no respect for BAM and Victor, the official gear sponsor for BAM. Why does LCW need to use a black sticker to cover up Victor's branding at the back of his Malaysia's badminton shirt? Why be so petty? Even he is sponsored by Yonex, there is no reason for him to do that when representing Malaysia. Do you see Messi, one of the world best footballer who is sponsored by Adidas, uses a sticker to cover up his club Nike sponsored Barcelona jersey???? Have you ever see Messi wears an Adidas shirt even on training with his club Barcelona??? No, Messi being a top professional wears Nike Barcelona gears whenever he is representing his club and he do not cover up Nike brand in any form. The same professionalism cannot be said of LCW.
You're being a bit harsh here. Sponsors are vicious and ruthles. This year at a badminton tournament one of the top seeds here got yelled at by one of the representatives from Yonex because he wasn't warming up in a Yonex jacket. Also the BWF, BAM etc all have their own sets of rules and procedures regarding branding and sponsors, Perhaps LCW didn't even get a say what he is wearing.
This wouldn't be the case if the practitioner who is preparing it and the complimentary medicine taken are already registered with either the 3 relevant Chinese Traditional and Complimentary Practitioner bodies which are sanctioned by the Traditional and Complimentary Medicines Division, Ministry of Health (TCM MOH) Malaysia. Since the field of TCM is extremely vast and wide, IMHO the National Sports Institute (NSI) is the relevant bodies under the National Sport Council (NSC) that should take the initiative effort in collaborating with the TCM MOH Division to develop a standard Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) to safeguard our national athletes from such incident to happen as what happen to Dato' LCW. SS
Very positive contribution, but perhaps difficult to implement? Nevetheless, no doubt that's what should be done.
Well, do you think if it was just LCW personally want to do it, would Victor simply allow him to do it? And why doesn't him cover the logo on the front of the jersey and the short as well? We don't know a thing or two regarding sponsorship, so just keep it there. Don't judge when you don't have enough information.
Since the TCM MOH division is just in their infancy of development as one of the 4 main MOH Division, no doubt collaborating with the other Ministry, in such case with the Sport Ministry to implement such effort especially in the area of enforcement will require some time within the Ministry level. Furthermore, since the TCM division is the only division that can produce all approve CPG in regards with the practice of TCM, the time frame and effort to develop the relevant standard CPG in this field as well is long since it requires the collection of approved consensus from the expertize in this field.
Oh, I didnt realise he covered up the victor logo. But I do realise that he will change into yonex shirt immediately after the match before walking out. oh come on, he is LCW!! I cant believe a man of his status is not allowed to wear a non yonex gear for one second longer. How come LD can wear Lining's shirt for 1hour longer or until whenever he likes?
think about it. if you were yonex ..will you let someone who is one of your brands top Sponsored player go around advertising for another brand? think about it before you speak
Hi bros, maybe you are not aware that what shirt a player wears on the court (during game) and off the court (after game completion) is not decided by the player himself, but it has been decided by LCW sponsor and also the team sponsor. Since LCW has individual contract with Yonex and Malaysia team has different sponsor in Victor as of now, both sponsors have to come to an agreement what kits and gears a player (LCW in this case) should wear during the game and after the game. The player (LCW in this case) is not allowed to decide by himself what he likes or dislikes to wear, either his shirt, pant, shoes, rackets and etc. Since he is under sponsor and Malaysia team as well, the brand visibility is very sensitive and important to the players and the sponsor. That's why agreement has been reached by the sponsors or contracts about the players' gears before the players play in any competition. Hope this clarify and please don't put the blame on LCW professionalism.
YES! thank you for clarifying.. just can stand people just accusing lcw of not being professional LOL
Thank you for clarifying. Beside to LCW not wearing Victor shirt right after the game, can you please help to clarify why LCW pastes a black sticker to cover up the big Victor logo at the back of his shirt when playing in the court? Why should Victor who spent millions of ringgits to sponsor BAM allowed this to happen just because he is LCW or is Victor really scare of Yonex?
his name should not be affiliated with victor in anyways. so mayb thats why. you can see during Kopiko League. Hendra setiawan also covered the li ning logo with an yonex symbol.
Bro, all depend on the contract of sponsorship. I don't know about the details of the contract. Even though it looks weird or something that we don't understand, this has to do with the contract, not that the player would like to play around with the logo of the sponsor.
Well, Victor's Taiwan site has put his pictures that are strategically taken, so they are cashing in on him whenever they can. Racquet stencil away, or boards which show Yonex being blurred. See the TK9900 thread for the latter. Meanwhile to show what I mean by the former...:
When you find the answer, please also seek for the reason why LCW didn't cover the small logo in front of hit tee (look for the picture in esppy post). After that, we may see a bigger picture of the sponsorship means.
Well said.That's more like it, a valid point, good,helpful suggestion. Does anybody think LCW would dare to continue consuming anything not from NSI approved sources or untested by the nutritionist henceforth? I remember someone once pointed out the example of Usain Bolt from Jamaica - you can figure out what I'm trying to say. And thanks to 0ozafo0 for his input as a pharmacist, informative and instructive.
