Politics & Badminton in Malaysia – First They Screwed Football Now This?
SharePosted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Gallivanter in Politics
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All of us know that when you mix politics up with anything, it usually screws up everything. Unfortunately, tell that to the Malaysian politicians who have been using sports as a platform to campaign for their self interests. They single-handledly destroyed Malaysian football. FACT.
They are at it again, this time, with our badminton. Did you know that we have ONE world federation based in Malaysia? ONE. And that is none other than the BWF (Badminton World Federation).
Now that Punch Gunalan has stepped down, you would expect a natural transition of getting a Malaysian to run for president. Instead, what our beloved BAM did instead, is to agree with the powers that be to MOVE the BWF HQ out of Malaysia! BAM also did not propose or even back a Malaysian candidate to run for the presidency! Someone being paid to keep mum? MACC!!
Somehow, Azalina, the tribade politician that is now in charge of the Tourism portfolio (God help us!), is still controlling some sports behind the scenes, particularly when it involves her getting her manly hands on gazillion dollars of taxpayers money.
Can someone explain the rationale of BAM for not defending BWF’s HQ as well as not backing a Malaysian? Can the Malaysian government step in and keep BWF HQ in Malaysia since badminton is one sport that we have on average, excelled over the years?
The whole setup looks shady and I’m sure there’s money involved in keeping some quarters into taking “illogical” actions. I hope that MACC is not just another corrupted front created by the Government to hoodwink the nation. I really do hope that MACC does its job and ensure people like Azalina is fully investigated because I have a sneaky feeling that she’s embezzling funds for her self interests.
Anyone from BAM care to comment why are they not doing what they can to convince BWF to remain in Malaysia and also why aren’t they championing a Malaysian to run for president?
DC
Mar 17th, 2009
I have no idea what to say about our beloved government. They have done so much for us, protected us from information that could make us wish for a better government.
They even help us to keep our money in their own pocket just in case we misused it, wasted it, or being being cheated by some guys in their suite. We are so naive ^^ Thanks to our beloved government, now we finally going to make another huge step in earning some big cash for our own country.
badminton? whats that? lets just stick with congkak and guli ^^
DC
Mar 17th, 2009
I have no idea what to say about our beloved government. They have done so much for us, protected us from information that could make us wish for a better government.
They even help us to keep our money in their own pocket just in case we misused it, wasted it, or being cheated by some guys in their suite. We are so naive ^^ Thanks to our beloved government, now we finally going to make another huge step in earning some big cash for our own country.
badminton? whats that? lets just stick with congkak and guli ^^
cicak
Mar 17th, 2009
How can we stop this madness? Madness?
This is
Sparta!Malaysia!stupe
Mar 17th, 2009
bro, the footballers in the country killed themselves, not the government. Over the years, their passion changed from chasing the ball and glory to chasing the girls and money.
It’s sad to see really, thinking back, i was a hardcore Selangor supporter since as far as i could remember. Who(my peers) would had forgotten who Karel Stromsik was? My late father in law was good friend with Soh Chin Aun and if you speak to the old man now, he is still full of passion. Ask him why football decline…he will not have any answer!
The passion is all gone (for the players nowadays).
As for badminton, THe biggest mistake the government made was when they offered money to the winner of the Thomas Cup back in 1994 (?) where the Sidek brothers spent it all on cars (STI’s) and their Perodua dealership went under the drain. Only Foo Kok Keong did the right thing by investing into his business.
Nowaday, the players (Badminton) has lost it. While other country are constantly churning out new players every other tournament, we are still counting on the “has been”.
Lets not even go to Hockey for now.
Nick Phillips
Mar 17th, 2009
Sports and Malaysia don’t really go together very well. Most of out sportsmen are more interested on money.
The only sport that is doing well is Squash and I hope no greedy politician gets his grubby hands on that sport.
wel
Mar 17th, 2009
malaysia politic=money….huhu…sports=money…position=money..what else yang teda money..haha
Gallivanter
Mar 18th, 2009
DC – It’s sad isn’t it when the current politicians only care about their self-interests.
cicak – By turning out to vote at the next elections.
stupe – I disagree – it all starts with politics. Because when they siphon money out of sports, you will only have peanuts. And when you have peanuts, you will only attract monkeys. And with pathetic pay, you think the educated would be interested? That’s why there’s also bribery. Trust me, it all starts with politics.
Nick Phillips – Well, anything and politics don’t go together. Yeah, but imagine if Nicole David was a bumi? A datukship title is worthless these days when every tom dick and his balls can get a hold of it.
wel – Where there is money, there is politicians, natural parasites.
Diarmuid Curran
Mar 19th, 2009
Malaysia is not unique for political interference in sports. The problem is that the political interference is taking place at a far earlier stage of development in the field, and thats having a detrimental effect on it.
Lets look at the Football Association of Ireland. It is stuffed full of cronies, corruption, leakages, patronage, know who rather than know how. Unfortunately, this is from a developed, “First World” country. The Gaelic Athletic Association suffers from the same problems on a National scale.
Or Italian Football, and when it comes to corruption and Italy, they wrote the manual and exported it. You need only look at their Prime Minister for proof of that, and I’d be more concerned about “crossing” Silvio Berlesconi than Mahathir, Daim , Khairy or Najib.
I have’nt even mentioned speculation and the effect of gaming syndicates in Asia on match fixing, were’nt some Malaysians involved in turning the lights out when Fulham were playing a few years back. Or the antics of Bruce Grobelaar? Gaming is a useful vehicle for entertainment. Its also a useful vehicle for exposing corrupt practices provided its legalised, taxed and regulated, since market moves will raise a Red Flag. Even take a look at two of the most honest countries going according to Transparency International (Denmark and Sweden), in the 2004 European Cup, they played each other. Provided the score was 2-2 they both went through, and knocked Italy out of their group due to goal difference. The dividend for a 2-2 score is normally 15.0. It dropped to 6.50. The final score….
The fundamental difference is that there is a talent pool in both respective nations, and a decent supporting infrastructure. The average professional footballer is not going to be academically gifted enough to survive in other fields in the private sector outside of football. Less than 1% of those who aspire to be the next Beckham, Best or Pele ever get a chance of getting there, and ALL sports are like that in terms of the difficulties in getting to the top.
Finally, the MACC. They engage in selective prosecution, and are yet another toothless Tiger. The real fun and games are starting with this week at PWTC, and that will be a part of the city to be avoided, as there is certain to be trouble of some kind amongst the dumbo Youth.
Gallivanter
Mar 20th, 2009
Diarmuid – Yeah, I’m not so sure on MACC myself.