"China's official sports association has issued an unprecedented public criticism of Yao Ming for reporting late to national team training.
Yao Ming
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The Houston Rockets' star was faulted for taking too much time off to recover from his last NBA season. The government's All-China Sports Federation also said he spent too much time planning his wedding and making appearances for the Special Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
"No matter how lofty public welfare activities are, they can't be allowed to take first place in a player's life,'' the China Sports Daily, a federation-owned newspaper, said in an article appearing Tuesday.
"No matter how sweet personal life is, it can't be compared to the exultation of capturing glory for one's nation,'' the article said. "
LOL
what do you guys think?
thoughts? comments?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2940570
2007-07-19
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