Markku P
Blue Belt
The Olympic games will be in 2012 and the first World qualification tournament will be in Baku, Azerbaijan. Yesterday we got the news that the Electric body protector wont be used in the tournament.
Personally I dont know what to think about it. The first thought that came to my mind was, has the legal team of the World Taekwondo Federation made their homework?
If Lajust has a contract with WTF and it says that they are the main provider for e-chest protectors, then why do they choose Daedo for the Baku Tournament? I know that most people feel that Daedos e-protectors is much more reliable and better than Lajusts but if they are breaking a contract without valid legal reasons then someone has really screwed up? If WTF didnt get written into the contract specifying a quality of performance that the product should have to meet then there has been huge mistake!
Lajust themselves has now generated a lot of bad blood around the Taekwondo world. This whole mess might effect our chances to continue as an Olympic sport beyond 2016, or at least show how poor the level in the management of WTF is since they allows this to go this far, to go back to the old system of scoring in Baku.
Worst of all, the fighters (and the referees?) got information about this just a few days before the competition!
Lajust,as a brand, may have made critical errors in the eyes of the Taekwondo world? I think this might be the beginning of the end for them as a company? Just too much negative publicity..?
Well, lets hope that the tournament will be a great success and doesnt generate any scandals!
/Markku P
Personally I dont know what to think about it. The first thought that came to my mind was, has the legal team of the World Taekwondo Federation made their homework?
If Lajust has a contract with WTF and it says that they are the main provider for e-chest protectors, then why do they choose Daedo for the Baku Tournament? I know that most people feel that Daedos e-protectors is much more reliable and better than Lajusts but if they are breaking a contract without valid legal reasons then someone has really screwed up? If WTF didnt get written into the contract specifying a quality of performance that the product should have to meet then there has been huge mistake!
Lajust themselves has now generated a lot of bad blood around the Taekwondo world. This whole mess might effect our chances to continue as an Olympic sport beyond 2016, or at least show how poor the level in the management of WTF is since they allows this to go this far, to go back to the old system of scoring in Baku.
Worst of all, the fighters (and the referees?) got information about this just a few days before the competition!
Lajust,as a brand, may have made critical errors in the eyes of the Taekwondo world? I think this might be the beginning of the end for them as a company? Just too much negative publicity..?
Well, lets hope that the tournament will be a great success and doesnt generate any scandals!
/Markku P