Rethink funding for sports. Putting money in soccer didn't pay
off
http://www.straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,356419,00.html?
I congratulate all the medal winners at the SEA Games as well as
those who have put in their best efforts to do Singapore
proud.
I'm also proud to note that we have excelled in many sports, such
as water polo, swimming, wushu, gymnastics, just to name a
few.
After all these years, I feel that our efforts and strategies in
sports need to be re-examined. I believe that our footballers have
put in a lot of effort, but where are we heading in this
sport?
It appears that a lot of attention (I'm not sure about fundings)
had been put into football. I can imagine that it takes a lot to
produce a good football team, since we need all 11 players plus
reserves and others to be working together seamlessly to produce
good results.
But shouldn't all the attention and fundings be channelled to
sports that are already producing results? Perhaps we should spend
on individual sports talents or smaller teams, like grooming a
world class waterpolo team.
While football remains a popular sport globally, with all due
respect to those currently involved, I think we ought to be clear
about where we are heading and whether we should be redirecting our
efforts to bring other sports to a higher level of world
competitiveness.
Chiang Hong Yip
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Goal 2010?
Wonder if the guy in charge of pushing for Goal 2010 getting the
sack any time soon?
