After falling out with the Xinjiang team, the “Zhou Qi Incident” finally ended on the 8th with Zhou Qi going to Australia to play football. The situation where Zhou Qi can play without the ball, which fans are most worried about, did not appear. Joining the Australian NBL League, which is higher than the CBA level, Zhou Qi’s income may be less than playing CBA, but he can play the main force in the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team. Qi’s growth will still be of great help.
However, Zhou Qi chose to play in Australia in desperation. Zhou Qi originally wanted to continue playing CBA, but his idea of not wanting to continue playing in the Xinjiang team after the contract expired was bound by a new rule of the Chinese Basketball Association, and eventually had to announce his withdrawal from the CBA and join the Australian NBL league.
Completely fall out and unspeakable
According to the latest regulations of the CBA, after a player’s previous contract is over, as long as the original club is willing to sign with the player with a maximum salary, the player can only accept the contract of this club, and cannot accept the contracts of other clubs in the CBA. Unless the club is willing to give up priority signing rights, or the players do not play in the CBA league.
I will not elaborate on whether this regulation of the Basketball Association is reasonable, but if this regulation of the Basketball Association has always existed, it will be very difficult for Zhou Qi to return to the CBA in the future.Because the Xinjiang men’s basketball team has always had the priority to sign, unless the Xinjiang team agrees to release, or Zhou Qi is willing to return to the Xinjiang team to play, Zhou Qi can’t find another way to return to the CBA. This time Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang team completely fell out, and it is very unlikely that the two sides will shake hands and make peace.
The “Zhou Qi Incident” appeared to be that Zhou Qi was fighting for the players’ free signing rights, but it also brought some deeper issues to the surface.
Zhou Qi once reported to the Basketball Association that the Xinjiang Basketball Club had a violation of the player contract, that is, the legal entity that paid Zhou Qi was not the basketball club registered with the Basketball Association. This is also the reason why Zhou Qi is unwilling to continue playing in Xinjiang. one. The Xinjiang club operates in this way mainly to enjoy tax incentives. But the question is, should the personal income tax saved go to the players or to the club? If the contract says pre-tax income, the tax saved should be given to the players.
In fact, this practice of the Xinjiang club is unfair to Zhou Qi and unfair to other clubs, especially now that the CBA has a salary cap. If some clubs pay players’ personal income tax normally, and some clubs use companies registered in tax-friendly regions to pay wages, then the salary cap will be in vain, and unfair competition will be formed between CBA clubs.
The Basketball Association and the CBA Company have not yet officially responded to Zhou Qi’s report. Perhaps, there are more than one CBA clubs operating in this way, but since the problem has been raised, the Basketball Association should seize this opportunity and take measures to eliminate this unreasonable phenomenon.
Salary cap and signing fee
In addition, there is another very important question, that is, the Xinjiang team has already given a maximum salary. Why does Zhou Qi have to leave the Xinjiang team? The Xinjiang team’s maximum salary is due to a special policy of 7.2 million yuan per year, while other clubs’ maximum salary is only 6 million yuan. Zhou Qi is really just because he thinks of a team that can compete for the championship, or to make it easier to develop personal commercial value. Go to the city?
This may be related to the unreasonable “hidden rules” of CBA. That is the “signature fee”! The CBA salary is limited, and it is impossible for Zhou Qi to get another 20 million yuan in annual salary like before. But the salary limit does not mean that players can only get the salary stipulated by the CBA. It is entirely possible for a top CBA star like Zhou Qi to continue to earn actual income similar to previous contracts by relying on signing fees. In the CBA this year, the club gave up the right to sign the team’s stars, and received a training fee of more than 50 million yuan. Under this circumstance, if Zhou Qi is a completely free agent, there will definitely be a club willing to pay a high signing fee to sign Zhou Qi. This may also be an important factor in the complete fallout between Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang team.
CBA’s salary cap system has only been implemented for two years. Before there was a salary cap and player salary limit system, there was no “signature fee”. But in the past two years in the operation of the club to compete for big-name players, there have been such rumors in the circle.
For the Chinese Basketball Association and the CBA company, it is necessary to have a clear statement on the “signature fee”. Even if a real case has not been discovered, it is necessary to prevent minor failures and plug loopholes in the system. Only in this way can the CBA’s salary cap and player salary limit system be truly implemented, and big-name players will have more reasonable psychological expectations when signing contracts.
The “Zhou Qi incident” exposed some unreasonable phenomena in the CBA. If it can promote further reform of the CBA, so that clubs can compete in a more standardized and fair environment, while also taking into account the interests of investors and players, this It is good for the long-term development of CBA.
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