Recently, the Chinese Football Association issued the “Notice on the Related Work of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese League One and the Chinese League Two in the 2022 season”, announced the list of clubs admitted to the third-tier league in the 2022 season, and released the club’s solution to arrears of wages and related penalties.
According to reports, the Chinese Football Association has issued a plan to solve the arrears of wages in batches, which is convenient for clubs to raise funds, improve their business conditions, and promote reforms with the help of local governments and various social forces. Therefore, some clubs that had previously owed wages were granted access conditionally.
The Chinese Football Association has also formulated a solution to the arrears of wages and related penalties.Clubs must not have new wage arrears for the 2022 season.
Failure to resolve the wage arrears at the final node will result in demotion or disqualification.
In general, the Chinese Football Association has given a “concession” plan on the outstanding issue of wage arrears in the domestic football professional league.
After all, “surviving” is the most realistic goal of the current domestic football professional league. As an important part of Chinese football, the development of the league will also affect the national team, youth training and other aspects.
The Chinese Super League has implemented a centralized closed game system for two consecutive seasons.Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
In fact, wage arrears is a long-standing problem in Chinese football.
In the entry link of the 2020 season, as many as 14 clubs were collectively unable to enter due to arrears of wages. These are all accumulated problems in the season before the epidemic. The Liao Football Club players who were owed wages at that time are still asking for wages.
Screenshot of the admission announcement of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season.
With the further ebb of Chinese football’s “golden yuan”, coupled with the impact of the epidemic on clubs and their investors, this problem has intensified.
Previously, Hao Junmin, the captain of the Chinese men’s football team, even publicly asked the Wuhan team for salary on social media. His club teammates Yang Boyu, Tian Yinong, Huang Zongchang, and Zhao Honglue have also voiced their salaries on social media.
Hao Junmin once asked for salary on social media.
Not only Hao Junmin, but according to the “Football” newspaper, in the latest 25-man list of the national football team, only 9 international players have not been owed wages. At present, more than 70% of the clubs in the Chinese Super League have the problem of wage arrears.
When the “top-of-the-pyramid” players in the professional league are facing the problem of underpayment, it is not surprising that ordinary players who play in lower leagues are underpaid.
Screenshot of Yang Jiawei’s video.
On the 4th, Yang Jiawei, a former Jiangsu team player, posted a video on his personal social platform to ask for his salary. Like Liao football players, he is also faced with the problem of collecting wages from the disbanded club.
On the evening of the 5th, Hou Zhe, a player of China Second Division Hebei Zhuoao, issued a document saying that the club had repeatedly failed to perform the contract and “can’t stand the deceptive behavior of Hebei Zhuoao.” The text was accompanied by the signatures and handprints of 22 players.
On the 6th, Wang Zihao, a player who played for another Chinese League Two team Xiamen Ludao, posted: “The salary owed last year has not been paid for more than a year. By the end of the year, we will unconditionally terminate the contract for those who still have a contract. If you don’t agree, come here. Torture the players, such as increasing the amount of training, failing the assessment, three stoppages, etc.”
Only in the past three days, players from three clubs have asked for salaries in public ways.
Screenshot of Wang Zihao’s social media.
From the starting point, the “concession” of the Chinese Football Association is more to seek everyone to tide over the difficulties, and also fully consider the interests of the club and the players. But this should not be a shield for the club’s “rotten”.
In a difficult time for Chinese football, we need some sincerity between each other. For clubs who have received a “buffer period” on the issue of wage arrears, they also need some practical actions to get rid of the difficulties.
For example, the Guangzhou team, which is in a difficult situation of survival, actively sells the surrounding of the club through live broadcast. It is reported that the Guangzhou team has also reached an agreement with the players on the amount of arrears.
Announcement screenshot
The Dalian team, which was relegated to the China League One last season, solved the problem through the share reform.
These are the attitudes you should have in seeking to survive.
If Chinese football wants to develop healthily, it must have enough contract spirit and rules awareness. It is hoped that at the final node after more than 8 months, the problem of wage arrears can be truly resolved, rather than the next node of delay and concession.Return to Sohu, see more