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这是一封写给Badminton World Federation的诉求信，内容是要求Badminton World Federation能关切中国羽球队常以受伤为借口让赛给自己的队友。希望各位能浏览以下的网址并签名。。。。 To: Badminton World FederationTo: Whom it may concern (from the Badminton World Federation (BWF))We, the undersigned, representing the international badminton communitywish to register our concern with the state of proceedings ininternational badminton tournaments, particularly that of the highestlevel, which include Super Series, Grand Prix Gold, and Grand Prixtournaments. Our concerns mainly stem from the conduct of severalcountries that we believe are not only a grave threat to the integrityof the sport of badminton, but a blatant disrespect to other playersand badminton fans worldwide.Our concerns include:a) MATCH FIXING - The numerous walkovers given by players whenfacing players from the same country, most predominantly players fromThe People's Republic of China. This is not only unfair to thebadminton fans around the world, but also those who bought (oftencostly) tickets to those matches. In a time where the status ofbadminton is being threatened worldwide, both from an Olympic and apopularity aspect, such act(s) can only serve to further plunge thestatus of the sport. In addition to this, such walkover(s) areblatantly unfair to players that the aforementioned players whoreceived the walkover(s) will play in the next round. As the worldwidebadminton community, it is our strongest believe that badminton shouldbe played in a neutral platform, and not through disgracefultechnicalities such as these. Furthermore, we strongly believe thatthis is not in the spirit of the game. Such examples include, but arenot confined to:i) China Open 2007 (23rd November 2007) - Chen Xu/Zhao Tingtinggave a walkover to Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen. Both players werereportedly healthy and uninjured.ii) China Open 2007 (23rd November 2007) Chen Hong gave a walkoverto Bao Chunlai. Chen Hong was seen to be fully fit and able to playbadminton.iii) Macau Open 2007 (5th October 2007) - Chen Hong gave a walkover to Chen Jin. Chen Hong was, again seen to be fully fit.iv) China Masters 2007 (13th July 2007) - Xie Zhongbo and GuoZhengdong gave a walkover to Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng. It was witnessedthat Xie Zhongbo was fully fit when playing Mixed Doubles earlierv) German Open 2007 (4th March 2007) - Chen Yu gave a walkover toLin Dan, citing injury. He even put on a show by demonstrating hisdifficulty while walking down a staircase. 2 days later, he appearsfully fit, reaching the finals of the All England.NB: Note that this list is not exhaustive, not even listing everysuspicious walkovers that occurred this year in major tournaments. Inaddition to this, Chinese headcoach Li Yongbo has also admitted tofixing walkovers, citing its honorable for a country.b) OFFICIALS FROM SIMMILAR COUNTRIES AS PLAYERS - Linesmen and/orumpires that adjudicate in matches involving players from samecountries. We believe that this will encourage bias and unequaladjudication(s) for the players. Although quite common worldwide, wefind an unusually large amount of Chinese linesmen and umpires inmatches involving Chinese. We wish to draw special attention to anincident that occurred on the 23rd of November, 2007 in which SouthKorean players Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae walked out in protest intheir match against Chinese Men's Doubles players Guo Zhengdong and XieZhongbo. The South Korean players complained of biased linejudging, andthis would not have happened if linesmen were from a country other thanChina.We request that the following actions be taken:a) An investigation into the alleged match fixing in badminton todetermine the cause and to find solutions to this problem. This is notunprecedented in other sports, and to popularize the sport, we believethat such action should be taken. What would a person think ofbadminton if scars of walkovers stain the integrity of the sport?b) Enact certain rules to preserve the integrity of the sport. Such rules can be, but are not restricted to:i) Having a 'injury time' if a player gives a walkover in which theplayer cannot participate in tournaments. – We realize that this rulemight be hard to maintain and uphold.ii) Officials from countries that are similar to players participating cannot officiate.iii) Have BWF volunteers/officials from the panel mentioned in part (c) below to determine the nature of the walkover.c) Setting up a panel to examine each individual walkover. Thispanel can adjudicate other matters, which can include actions breachingthe rules or action(s) that are deemed unfair.d) Investing of the Hawk-Eye or similar technology, not unlike thatof tennis. We believe that this can effectively ensure fairness to allplayers. This has been a great hit for tennis, effectively improvingthe popularity of the sport. This is certainly the correct way forbadminton to go.We do not aim to punish or discredit countries mentioned in thispetition, particularly the People’s Republic of China. We, as badmintonfans worldwide just want the integrity and respect for the sport toincrease and be maintained. Hence, we, the undersigned, representingthe badminton community worldwide, urge the Badminton World Federationto take such appropriate actions.
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