1) This one's even funnier, clearly you look at it too hmm direct.
If last minute, your boss ask you to help & go somewhere for some promo, then you just go, one time. Where got time to ask & argue, etc? If say "outside job scope" ,depend on defination, boss can say "it's for promoting badminton", the players also attend certain activities to promote badminton.
Even a 7 year old child will be able to understand that when our shuttlers went to Machap and playing doubles with Ling Hee Liong during the by election 07 and 12 GE 08 period it has got nothing to do with promoting badminton.
As for you and your boss thingy, I will say it again; all the best in sucking up. Brown nosers will do anything to move up that ladder, so no worries I can understand. 
Or to use your example : Very easy, Boss can say "Go to my uncle's restaurant & promote our products", and if promoting company products is within job scope,then of course must go. The management can ask a staff to do "any other tasks related to XXX company as determined by the management", that's in most appointment letters.
But read -
doing for the company NOT uncle's restaurant.
If that one time, go & it turns out to be sthing else, I'll scold my boss, I dont suck up either.
Well, in that case, I hope you enjoy helping out your boss in whatever his side ventures be. After all, it is about 'promoting company products' and all.
It's just you make it sound like the players have more power over BAM than BAM has over them
AGAIN : the incident was
never repeated, CTF/LWW were not affected, they won ABC. Let me clarify again :
I dont like our players being used by politicians either.
And since they won that ABC, you think such activities should be encouraged??? 
LCW :
Well......Your post before that was :
"As for LCW, you are saying it is ok to have such distractions prior to 2 major tournaments" - the post before this, I mentioned 2 events, so was wondering.
Maybe you forgot the England charity event was held on a Sunday before AE 2008, also "prior to 2 major events". That according to timeline is even closer to AE, if want to say distraction, even more so than the political event.
Rexy agreed to the charity one but last year made noise about the political one. Rexy & Misbun even went with LCW, KKK/TBH. And Taufik did NOT go for this particular event, supposedly to focus on AE, Taufik still lost to LCW.
Am not refering to that charity event in England. 2 major tournaments means AE & SO! 
You have great respect for China's methods - their BA have arranged such promos etc
BEFORE LD or Cai Yun won any major titles, it's a continious thing,
all the while. Some of the product promo is not related to baddy, could be their sponsors. And China BA is particular about getting good results too, you know very well, they
dont ever "relax a bit".
Look at our trophy cabinet and then look at China's. Who is more successful?
In real life, concentrating
solely on training & resting does not guarantee gold or good results, neither does attending a few events affect their performance.
LCW trains extra from 6.30 am to 8 am every training day, on top of his usual schedule. He stimes trains on Sundays also, 7 days a week, non stop. Stimes other events (non political ones) is a respite to the stress of competition.
Sure, it does not guarantee anything. BUT it will at least put our shuttlers in a better condition and with that a better chance in having a crack.
It's just that the way you make it sound, as if it's all the players fault whereas it's not always within their control.
We end it here...........
And for me, Lin Dan has got the rhythm of the play and he has ruled the court nearly 100%...that's why he deserve to be champion and entitled as the no.1 badminton player..
For example, if your boss ask you to go and help out his uncle's restaurant on the weekends, you will get all excited and go "yes siree, it will be my honour and all"? Well, I guess there are brown nosers in every organization. Anyway, all the best with your sucking up. 
