New Delhi: Chinese great Lin Dan came out in opposition to the Badminton World Federation’s plans to consider a new scoring system and said changing the rules too frequently would not be good for the sport.
“It has been changed quite a lot, from 9, 15 to 21, now changing back. I think this is not the best part of badminton to change the scores time and again,” Lin said.
“I don’t think making changes like this is good for the game. There is nothing wrong with the present system,” the five-time All England champion told reporters on the sidelines of the Thomas Cup on Wednesday.
The BWF is mulling changing the scoring system to one of the three alternative systems – two games of 21, three games of 15 points and five games of 9 points.
Robbed of a chance to defend his title after the BWF decided against awarding a wild card for the World Championships, the five-time winner said he was eyeing the top-8 slot by this year.
Meanwhile, India coach Pullella Gopichand said that tinkering with the points format would not help the sport.
“I don’t see there is a requirement to tinker with the current format because the sport has become popular as it is. Nobody complains about the format. Neither the players nor spectators are complaining about it, so why is it being talked about?” he asked. (PTI)
