Hahaha i honestly like the hate toward China here lol. Everyone using "sportsmanship" as an great excuse. I don't see anything wrong with what the Chinese pair has done. They just wanted to increase chances in getting medals. Avoiding their other teammates helps. Reserving energy helps AND they are already qualified. Whats the big deal? Everyone plays to win and if you have any issue with that, complain to the system. By having group stage only "supports" that kind of match fixing. Given the same circumstance, i would have done the same whereas many of you would still go like "oh its wrong" since you are all saints. This Olympic already has no sportsmanship after South Korea got stolen of a chance in the finals in fencing. This olympic will be memorable in a negative way. Anyway i know by expressing my point and going against many of bcers i will get bashed here lol. Feel free as i could careless =)
IOC should kick BWF or badminton out of olympics. Ban them for 2 olympics. Shame shame on BWF. Maybe Lin dan will testify against LYB after the OG? kekeke..
yes both qualified to next round. but most of the times, they(china mostly) are doing that to avoid meeting their 'friends' in the next round. aren't they.
oh mine. AFP, AP and Reuters are reporting this incident. This is a disgrace to badminton. http://2012.sina.com.cn/cn/bd/2012-08-01/213932535.shtml
I agree with you here. The system is definitely the wrong party here, and not the players. Therefore, you should fix the system and people who run the system, not players who play under the system. There's lots of hate to China, individually, even though Korea and Indonesia are involved. Either the guise is "sportsmanship" or something else, it's because China wins too much, and it's not fair. I think life isn't fair. It's too bad, but someone in this world is always better than you. If the "sportsmanship" is that important, why don't be ban players for stall tactics, screaming after points and towel downs? I just don't see physically how it harms to let the other team win, especially when you have nothing to lose. Ethically, yes, but systems aren't perfectly ethical either. Why should lower seeded teams face top seeded teams first? Ethically, they should have a fair shot at winning the Gold medal too. Why don't they face teams of their calibre and then up? Or have the top seeded teams start with a negative point total. That would be ethically correct because top teams "smoke and destroy" low teams. Then it's all fair. I know I'm going far with this, but that's because this IS THAT silly. People need to know it's BWF's fault, and that changes must be made. By the way, I can bet you that none of this "pretending to try, and try to lose" stuff will happen from here on out until the end of the Olympics. Why? You think it's because they sent a message? No. It's because now they actually ARE playing for a medal. You lose, you go home. Knock-out style. Which is EXACTLY the way they should've started in the first place. Disappointing...
This case was pretty easy to have identified that they were playing to lose but is acting to play a difficult thing? I mean what do you do when players act to be playing, how can you determine if a player is acting or really having a bad day? how about walkovers? So will your rules not be inconsistent then? I wish the rules to be consistent and fair so that it doesnt creates any chaos... & then may be within the rules whatever you do is fair
LYB: "Why let our players destroy one another!" http://video.2012.sina.com.cn/p/olympic/v/2012-08-01/214761820011.html
Cross-posted... "Just wondering: if the CHN duo hasn't thrown the match away, would the KOR pair have played normally or would they be the sole offenders in that match then... any idea?"
I've read that the BWF's own rules clearly state it is an offence to not play to your best ability. So why all the surprise at the DQs? It's good that this happened so blatantly at an event hosted by another organisation thus forcing the BWF into enforcing this rule for once. Maybe it will force them to rethink how they deal with the larger issue present in the game today. I don't care if there are protest files ALL the DQs should be upheld. Saying it's the fault of the tournament structure is like blaming Walmart for shoplifting because they keep their merchandise on open shelves where people can touch it rather than behind glass. Saying that KOR and INA did it because CHN did it first is like saying you shouldn't be charged for shoplifting if you can show that someone else did it first.
The players knew the rules of the tournament well in advance and had ample time to make their opinions known as to how it could have better been arranged. Taking the rules into your own hands is not an acceptable way to behave. If the players were so strongly against the group format they should have just not played in the tournament. I guess that's what they are doing now
seriously disqualification is too severe. The countries may be at fault, but none the less, so is the federation. The countries would not be in such a controversial situation, but for the federation's ignorant decision of changing the draw from knockout to round robin. If the federation had thought through it clearly, then they would have identified this issue of match fixing. With a dead rubber, players are more likely to fix their matches, and have it advantage their country's chances of winning a medal. If it were knockout, then every player would have only once chance to make it to the round of 16, quarters etc etc. The federation may say that this change would expand Badminton's awareness throughout the world, however it makes no difference. If people like badminton; even without commercialising it, the world would be aware of this sport. Right now, the Federation really have made an impact on the sport's awareness; a negative view. in regards to Korea blaming China, that's just absolutely ridiculous. How can Korea blame China for their voluntary misconduct? No one forced Korea or Indonesia to lose their games. It was all done tactically, and by their own choice. Because the federation decided to change the draw, they should then be aware of the tactics that countries will adapt, in order to win. They can't expect to rely on the Olympic Spirit, and rules they have set. The rules in this situation are clearly not applicable. Because round robin can cause so much controversy, as it had this time, a different set of rules should have been created. The rule "best effort in winning a match" is clearly unacceptable. What is best effort? To the chinese, they stated they wanted to preserve energy. In preserving energy, they used only what was necessary, which can ideally be argued as best effort. The terms are way too broad to be construed in a narrow interpretation. Furthermore, "cause detriment to the sport". The federation knew of such rule, and by changing the format to round robin, they should have been aware of the possible controversies that would come about from the tournament. Because the federation should have been aware; yet they clearly disregarded such consideration, the sportsmen whom fixed their matches cannot be considered as causing a detriment to the sport.
I agree in some aspects. I'm guessing you would have a problem with protests and vigilantism etc if that is where you stand? Action must be taken if the authority or system is corrupt or unfit to rule. If no one takes things into their own hands, I'm more than certain everyone would've just rolled over and let Hitler win WWII. I support their actions, and I'm sure the players will voice their opinions once it hits their country or affects themselves personally. BWF will get hit one way or another. Looking back at the video of their matches, all the players and the look on their faces when they played service mistake after another. They weren't happy to be recieved that way by the crowd. They know they aren't playing right. But they also know it's important to do so. A Gold medal and prestigious honor/glory is on the line. And both weren't losing a chance at grabbing it, just enhancing it. This decision definitely doesn't feel right. It's not as simple as saying since they knew it was group format ahead of time, and they feel strongly about it, they shouldn't play. It's Olympics. When do you ever give up the chance for a Gold medal? and technically, losing group play doesn't forfeit the chance of getting a shot at the Gold medal either. Lose the battle, win the war. If you wanted competition badly enough, and the fight of the best, you should have had it single elimination. Which brings to the point that ties my upper paragraph, why did BWF change it anyways from the previous Olympics? What was so wrong with the last few tournaments? Nothing like this big happened. So why change? Maybe it's time to contemplate that it may not be the players at fault, since they are playing under the system and formats, and the fault is at who sets out the formats and uses the system.
Why Now? Especially THE OLYMPICS Why implement the group stage now? Round robin in all sports history is and will be a stage where seeting one up for the next round happens.So have we seen any football teams get disqualified for sending on a 2nd string so to rest players? Players not putting in effort? Or setting up a tie with a weaker opponent?This Olympics is steadfastly becoming a laughing stock.- Japan Men Gymnastics Team F, Silver after enquiry into a low score.- Korean Women Fencing SF, missed out on a Gold medal chance after electronic fault of timer resulted in extra time for her opponent to get an addition point. 1hr of appealing process, which included submmiting a written appeal which includes a CASH deposit ended up in a no case.... due to 'not in the rule book situation'...- An Asian athelete denied entry to 'Ladies', because she does not look like one.- Sour grapes deflamation of China's 16 year old 400m Medley winner was using drugs, because her WR timing was too good. The US coach did not receive any action from FINA. Wasnt Micheal Phelps 'too good' the last time round? hmm....Anyways.... Fruits of thoughts. And... LET THE MADNESS BEGIN
Olympics: Eight barred after badminton scandal rocks Games LONDON: Eight badminton players were dramatically disqualified from Olympic competition on Wednesday after a scandal over "throwing" matches left the sport in uproar. Four pairs in the women's doubles competition -- one from China, one from Indonesia and two from South Korea -- were barred after being hit by disciplinary charges when the Badminton World Federation (BWF) took action. A source with knowledge of the proceedings confirmed to AFP that the eight women had been disqualified for trying to deliberately lose matches in the round robin phase to manipulate the knockout draw. The eight badminton players at the heart of the scandal had been charged with "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport." Angry spectators jeered and booed the players after they appeared to deliberately serve into the net or hit the shuttlecock long or wide. They were allegedly attempting to manipulate the final standings in the first-round group stage, with two pairs who had already qualified apparently wanting to lose to secure a favourable draw in the next round. The Group A match between the powerful Chinese top seeds Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli and unseeded South Korean pair Jung Kyung and Kim Ha-Na came under scrutiny by the BWF after the Chinese lost heavily. The longest rally in the match was just four shots. Their defeat meant Yu and Wang avoided playing fellow Chinese pair Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei, who had finished second in Group D, in the quarter-finals which are due to be played later Wednesday. Yu said after the match: "We've already qualified, so why would we waste energy? It's not necessary to go out hard again when the knockout rounds are tomorrow." After the match, South Korean head coach Sung Han-Kook reportedly said: "It's not the Olympic spirit to play like this. How could the number one pair in the world play like this?" China's Olympic delegation has launched an investigation into the allegations, state media said. "The Chinese Olympic Committee... opposes any kind of behaviour to violate the sporting spirit and morality," Xinhua news agency quoted a Chinese Olympic spokesman as saying. London Olympics chairman Sebastian Coe described the scandal as "depressing" and "unacceptable" but officials said spectators who had paid to watch the farcical matches would not be refunded. "It's depressing," Coe said. "Who wants to sit through something like that? It is unacceptable." - AFP/fa/wm Seems like a firm decision and not provisional.
i dont think xxazn means its ok to cheat. The countries are undoubtedly at fault too. There is no argument out of that. but the thing is, the federation themselves are the root of this controversy. The countries wouldnt have needed to use such tactics, but for the federation's change in format. DSQ the players is too severe. There should be other forms of punishment, because if the players are being punished for acting in a manner caused by the format changes, then the federation themselves should be punished. Because the federation cant really be punished, then it is only an incentive to punish the players in some other method.
4 WD Teams disqualified I just heard over the TV that the four WD teams from CHN, KOR and INA that were involved in manipulating the results of their matches are disqualified. If this is the case, it is high time that BWF shows the world that they are fed up with match fixing and the like and that they mean business by punishing those involved at the highest level at this London Olympics. We should expect prompt headlines in the media.
