what is the legal standing of pbsi, et al.? they should initiate their lawsuit based on what legal theory? was there a breach of contract, any other actionable tort or malfeasance? how exactly do you think suing the nhs/uk gov't will play out?If I am PBSI or Indonesian government, actually I would not be going after just bwf, instead it should be NHS and UK government. And I will even ask bwf and other badminton association to jointly sue NHS and UK government.
there are already some lawsuit against government policy over covid 19 measures.
anyway, the way things going with PBSI and Indonesian government, I think they are just going to international sports body in order to pressure bwf, I think to get some things change in bwf.
Is that something to do with the isolation rules? e.g. not being allowed to share a vehicle if you're suspected of carrying COVID?Of course they being dragged to walk back to the hotel is simply prisoners. Wtf is bwf doing.
Not sure what the exact law is, but simple ethics dictate you really shouldn't get a cab when a test says you might be positive, yeah. But that's never stopped a bunch of dramatic, self-centered crybabys from complaining...Is that something to do with the isolation rules? e.g. not being allowed to share a vehicle if you're suspected of carrying COVID?
they certainly want the president to resign.
At this point in time, I think it would be claimed as an admission of guilt?Is the president the one responsible ?
I don't see how the president resigning is going to change bwf
What I would like to see is that more tournament should be held. Of course not going to have as many as before because it is more difficult to get sponsor and the government approval.At this point in time, I think it would be claimed as an admission of guilt?
Sorry if I wasn't clear: I didn't mean resigning WOULD be an admission of guilt, more that there are people who would 'celebrate' it as proof of the prejudice/unfairness/discrimination etc. that is being claimed. Those people would claim a victory for all the conspiracy theories!Just admitting guilt without any change in future tournament is pointless
Yeah, that's what I don't like about some of the people who just want to be validated right.Sorry if I wasn't clear: I didn't mean resigning WOULD be an admission of guilt, more that there are people who would 'celebrate' it as proof of the prejudice/unfairness/discrimination etc. that is being claimed. Those people would claim a victory for all the conspiracy theories!
Good luck trying to tell another country how to handle the pandemic lolIf I am PBSI or Indonesian government, actually I would not be going after just bwf, instead it should be NHS and UK government.
And I will even ask bwf and other badminton association to jointly sue NHS and UK government. Bwf and other badminton association should be concerned that the popularity of the sport is going down and it is getting harder to get sponsor to hold tournament.
But then, most badminton association heads are politically related so it is hard to imagine they would do it.
Don't know where they got 11 from, I skipped and may have overlooked a couple but only counted a few. Is that a parody site or sth?11 SERVICE FAULTS for Ahsan/Setiawan by English Service Judge ALAN CROW against England's Number two MD pair Lane/Vendy.
PBSI Chief, Agung Firman Sampurna :
"In Order to be Objective, usually the service judge is not a part of one country from one of the players competing"
https://badminton.skor.id/raket/amp...sorot-ketum-pp-pbsi?__twitter_impression=true
Don't know where they got 11 from, I skipped and may have overlooked a couple but only counted a few. Is that a parody site or sth?
Also, we're talking about the guy who didn't serve at legal height a single time until the rule change came about. Just like Morten said at the end - Ahsan consistently gets faulted. However if I were the BWF I'd get an automated system running (that can't be intimidated by players either) just to shut up the somewhat reasonable parts of fan bases, really should be doable with modern image/video processing.
So a Hawkeye for serves (it could probably already do it), I agree in many ways, but I feel a bit sad that we'd lose a human element...even if that element makes mistakes. Although those mistakes should be fewer now we have the new technology (2 sheets of perspex with lines on) to make the decisions objective!
I also thought Ahsan gets faulted a few times every match, bit unfair to single out the service judge and question his integrity like people have been.
Edit: that article says Ahsan got faulted 4 times (not many then) and it's Sampurna that says 11...so I guess he means Setiawan was faulted 7 times...or something/someone can't add up
Edit2: You know what'd be useful? If the BWF released the stats - the umpire presumably records faults etc. on his touchscreen so they must be available?