IBF president against importing players<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The increasing number of people playing for
\nother countries is troubling newly elected president of the
\nInternational Badminton Federation (IBF) Korn Dabbaransi of
\nThailand.<\/p>\n
Dabbaransi said he disapproved of the practice of importing
\nplayers and would propose to the IBF council to halt it.<\/p>\n
\"I will stress on the nationality of the players. Importing
\nplayers to play for their adopted countries should not be allowed
\nanymore because it is against the philosophy of badminton and
\nsports in general,\" he was quoted as saying by Bernama, on the
\nsidelines of the World Championships at the San Pablo Sports
\nStadium in Seville, Spain, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Dabbaransi said should the IBF agree with his proposal, the
\nfederation would have to establish a new mechanism to ban players
\nfrom moving to another country and then representing it in
\ninternational competitions.<\/p>\n
\"We may allow players to play for a club in their adopted
\ncountries, but not for the national team. As an example, look at
\nthe Manchester United soccer club, most of their players are
\nforeigners,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Dabbaransi said the IBF constitution was too lenient regarding
\nthe movement of players.<\/p>\n
The IBF regulations state that a player can represent his or
\nher new country as long as he or she has stayed in the country
\nfor at least three years.<\/p>\n
So far, China and Indonesia have been supplying players for
\nother countries.<\/p>\n
As an example, Mia Audina, who moved to the Netherlands in
\nmid-1999 to accompany her husband, competed in the 2000 Sydney
\nOlympics although she had only resided in that country for 15
\nmonths.<\/p>\n
Another example is Fung Permadi, who has been living in
\nChinese Taipei for nearly a decade since quitting the Indonesian
\nBadminton Center in the early 1990s. (yan)<\/p>",
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