I know that this is old news , but I'd like to talk about our government's proposed and rejected idea of building a sports complex called the High-Performance Training Centre (HPTC) at the Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC) in Brickendonbury,London . This was proposed by the government early last year ...and all I have to say is...what a dumbass idea it was .
The government was willing to spend RM 68 million on this project . Let me remind you again that this is the public's money . It was planned that this sports centre would have a football field , swimming pool , cricket pitch , canteen and all that stuff . Why on earth do we need that ? The government has already spent many millions of ringgit on the Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex , Bukit Jalil Sports School , PKNS Sports Centre and other places which already has the exact same facilities as the centre proposed to be built in London .
As you know , the standards of Malaysian sports has dropped drastically over the years . This is simply because of the selection and mindset of our sports players . It is without a doubt that Malaysia has excellent sports centres for the players to train . What makes the government think that the players can improve if their sent to London ? Even with all our superb facilites , Malaysia still lost last year in football 2-0 to Iran and 5-0 to Uzbekhistan .That's just embarrassing . These countries are having a political turmoil , are at war , barely have any sports centres or fields to play on , mostly consist of desserts...yet they can beat us flat .
Just shows how spirited and determined their players are unlike us . Every year in Malaysian football there will surely be a player arrested for possessing drugs , fighting and so on . What our players need is discipline and less pampering . Only then will they be able to paly their game better . We have all the facilities right here already . It's just the players that need to change themselves .
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