Vimal added: “I understand the concern that players have but they have to take the onus. It is an individual sport, look how tennis players have done it, the government cannot always do everything for you.Players need competition and if you are eager to play then just go and play and if you are too stressed then better to skip it.”
vimal's assessment is only half correct.
for india's case bai has put the decision making on uneven footing for indian players since some are supported financially by bai and some are not. in a sense bai is acting the same as an individual corporate sponsor for the top athletes. the top indian players are 'team' members and receive the advantages of being on the team. the lower players are quasi individual athletes who have to 'pay' their way to be on the team. this is not entirely bai's fault.
it's the same for a few other asian nations. but, at the same time other big asian nations have too much power over their athletes, aka-property, to cause a situation like we have now. asian players want to play but cannot express their truth for fear of being dropped by their corporate sponsor, aka-team.
have i ever mentioned it's a consequence of the system bwf chooses to 'run' the sport with...? running an individual sport under a team framework is the wrong way to run things.