COMMENT | Over the past three weeks, the principal players, heroes and villains of Malaysian football had their say on the International Federation of Association Football's (Fifa) decision to sanction and impose penalties on the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and seven foreign players who masqueraded as Malaysians.
Excerpts from their statements and utterances may sound familiar, but when scrutinised - both individually and collectively - they reveal a damning indictment of a football system weakened by administrative incompetence, riddled with legal ambiguities, and dominated by unchecked power dynamics.
The integrity of the government, its leaders, and the very systems of governance and rule of law have been called into question. This isn't mere mismanagement; it is a...