KOMPAS.com – The world’s number one men’s singles badminton player, Victor Axelsen, questioned the sanctions of the Malaysian Badminton Federation (BAM) a Lee Zii Jia.
BAM and Lee Zii Jia’s current relationship is not harmonious.
The conflict between the two stems from Lee Zii Jia’s decision to leave the Malaysian badminton team to become a professional or independent player.
Lee Zii Jia submitted a statement to resign from Malaysian national training to BAM on Tuesday (11/2/2022) local time.
Rumors currently circulating are that Lee Zii Jia chose to become an independent player because he couldn’t handle the pressure at BAM.
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About a week later, BAM officials immediately held a meeting to discuss Lee Zii Jia’s decision.
As a result, BAM decided not to register Lee Zii Jia in the BWF tournament for two years from January 18, 2022.
In other words, BAM prevented Lee Zii Jia from participating.
Because every player must have permission or approval from the federation that hosts him if he wants to play in tournaments under the auspices of the BWF.
The BAM decision is what Viktor Axelsen questioned.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist indirectly assessed that BAM had abused its authority because it had banned Lee Zii Jia.
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“Imagine yourself unhappy at work right now. He wants a change,” Axelsen said, quoted on his personal Twitter account.
“Then you’re going to express those thoughts to your boss and tell them you want to quit and find another job,” says Axelsen.
“However, your boss is not happy. Because your boss has the power to bar you from applying elsewhere, you made that decision,” Axelsen said.
“As a result, you can wait and see (as long as you can’t apply for jobs elsewhere),” added the Danish player.
“How crazy is that. It is already 2022. Is this what we want for our sport?” said Axelsen added.
Lee Zii Jia can still appeal the BAM sanction.
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The 23-year-old badminton player also has the opportunity to play for other countries’ federations.
However, Lee Zii Jia had to wait a year or 12 months if he wanted to play under the flags of other countries’ federations.
Because, Lee Zii Jia decided to resign from the Malaysian national lineup when his contract at BAM had not yet expired.
There is another option that Lee Zii Jia can take to participate in the BWF tournament in the near future.
The option is for Lee Zii Jia to reconcile with BAM. However, the chances of the third option happening are very small considering that the relationship between Lee Zii Jia and BAM is no longer harmonious.
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