Is winning for Malaysia more important than winning for BAM?

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Winning for Malaysia is more important than winning for BAM.
The case discussed is that BAM’s focus should be on results for Malaysia rather than on keeping players tied to the association. Even if a player resigns and leaves BAM, the argument is that medals won in international or regional competitions would still be carried with the Malaysian flag or emblem on the shirt, so the achievement remains for Malaysia. The piece also calls for BAM to revoke the ban on Goh Jin Wei, framing the issue as an injustice tied to leaving the national setup.
BAM approved Lee Zii Jia’s professional move, while Goh Jin Wei was banned
The situation described involves two players who were banned a week earlier, alongside a separate approval granted to Lee Zii Jia to turn professional. The contrast raised is why Lee Zii Jia’s request was approved while Goh Jin Wei’s was not, given that both had left the national team by resigning from BAM. The discussion points out that the ban was linked to resignation from the national team.
BAM previously supported players who left, without punishment
The argument against treating leaving BAM as a guaranteed trigger for bans is supported by specific examples. Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying resigned from BAM in December 2018 to become independent players and were not punished. Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong left BAM in January 2019 and also were not penalised, while the Sidek brothers left in the 1980s to form Nusa Mahsuri, the first professional badminton club in Malaysia, again with no action taken.
The key principle is that medals still represent Malaysia
The position presented is that international and regional competitions such as the Commonwealth Games and Sea Games remain the arena where Malaysia’s representation matters. The claim is that if Goh Jin Wei wins a medal at those events or other games worldwide, she would do so bearing the Malaysian emblem on her shirt regardless of the club she belongs to. On that basis, the piece argues that the ultimate outcome should be “winning for Malaysia” rather than “winning for BAM.”
The call is to revoke the ban on Goh Jin Wei without an appeal
The final, concrete demand in the discussion is that BAM should revoke Goh Jin Wei’s ban as well. It further states that the approval granted to Lee Zii Jia should not hinge on whether he submitted an appeal, and similarly that Goh Jin Wei’s approval should be given without her submitting an appeal. The framing throughout is that BAM should not take a stance of “stay with us or you cannot represent Malaysia,” and instead treat Malaysia’s interests as the end goal.

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