For those of you who aren't aware, the SLA recently acted on a petition signed by five (yes, you read that right) people to ban usage of 2 full sized pitches on weekends as well as restricting usage of football facilities to before 7pm on weekdays at the Home United Youth Football Academy (HYFA), because apparently it's too noisy and their children can't concentrate on their studies. This is one of, if not the best football academy in the region we're talking about here. This is OUR national sport, and it's being severely handicapped yet again by the actions of an entitled few. It's really a pretty accurate microcosm of society in Singapore. Relaxation and enjoyment being shut down in favour of the study, study, study attitude the head honchos here love to propagate. To fellow Singaporeans, please don't let our country be turned into an office building. SAVE OUR LOCAL SPORTS SCENE

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/singapore-cant-pretend-have-a-sports-culture-if-kids-cant-play -this article by Neil Humphreys sums it the issue pretty well