South East Asian Games 2019 Logo - An Issue That's Should be a Non-Issue?

Photo Courtesy of  2019 SEA Games official Facebook page

Yup, there's never a boring day when it comes to Philippine politics. Even with a simple logo, hilarity ensues. While there's no denying that the logo presented recently is an abomination (yes, it is ugly and shouldn't be the final one our country uses next year), I would like to at least see more into the issue of local sports and hosting these events specifically, more than the logo debacle, shouldn't we be more disgusted on how our athletes are being treated and in turn honored?

 Outside of Men's Basketball, there's clearly a lack of any funding to make such stints even worthwhile. How are the training facilities and the housing? What about allowances? How many of our athletes train on their own expenses or even do double or triple work just to make ends meet? World-class athletes spend their time honing their skills and talents at most hours of a day and yet the most likely reality is that Filipino athletes probably spend more than half of the time thinking about life's problems instead of improving.

 It's understandable why the logo is a huge debacle at the moment but at the end of the day, it's just a logo. I would rather we spend all of our grievances in making sure our athletes are treated better and in turn provide better results in the long run. Would you rather have the most beautiful logo ever made or an Olympic gold medal for one of our countrymen? The glory of winning is something that we could all cherish for years and decades to come - something we could tangibly be proud of - and one that our country has yet to attain in more than a century and at the rate that we are going, it could probably take forever.