Singapore's soccer team is famous for one thing-- LOSING! Once upon a time, we envisioned ourselves in World Cup in 2010. Numerous defeats by Thailand, Malaysia and other neighbours made that a fleeting dream. On the other hand, sailing has been winning. At the recent Doha Asian Games, sailing accounted for 5 out of our 8 gold medals and 10 out of our 27 medals. Should we focus more on sailing, promoting it to world-class standard? Should we stop pumping cash into our aimless soccer?
My stand is this: Hell, no! With all due respect to sailors, no one really watches sailing. While it's great winning and medals and all, it will never, EVER be as engaging or entertaining as soccer. I rather watch scripted wrestling than sailing! How do people actually WATCH sailing? Whereas I agree more money should be put into sailing, we should not decrese funding for soccer. Think about it? Are you happier if we obtained 20 medals at sports we don't give a @#$! about? Or if we win a single bronze at the Asian Games for a game evryone watches? I know my stand. What's your alternative?
Ben Tan
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