The first league document released by new Football Association (FA) president Song Kai after he took office was a request for teams at all levels of China's professional leagues to submit their access documents by Dec. 5 this year. As a result, the access drama that has been staged every spring in Chinese soccer in recent years has been staged ahead of schedule.
Today, the Chinese league is gradually transforming from the era of gold-dollar soccer dominated by real estate companies to a new era of public interest soccer dominated by urban investment companies. The Cangzhou Lions, a team taking on the old and new eras, has now become the first corner of the access game, and the team that has completed its stock reform has been exposed as being chronically in arrears.
The most exaggerated claim for how long the Canyon Lions have been delinquent is five years, and the most reported claim is three years. Looking back at past reports, the Canyon Lions have been linked to news of unpaid wages almost every year. During this spring's access game, it was revealed that the team was at least 13 months behind in payroll, six players refused to sign payroll acknowledgment forms, but it was made clear that six players did not sign them, and the Football Association ultimately cleared the Cangzhou Lions for access.
The CFA likes to get muddy, but it's hard to deal with FIFA. In June this year, FIFA to "not in accordance with the requirements of the implementation of the arbitration award" as the reason, the Cangzhou Lions "prohibit the registration of new players" punishment. From the FIFA penalties, Cangzhou Lions did not run, FIFA just transnational disputes, that is to say, Cangzhou Lions owe money to foreign aid, according to the Chinese Super League has always been the style of the team owes money to foreign aid, it is difficult not to owe the local players.
So, how did the CFA pass the Cangzhou Lions access in the case of six players who clearly indicated that they had not signed? This has to be mentioned at the time of a magical operation of the Football Association, the players need to arbitrate through the Football Association, arbitration cases will be categorized by the Football Association as "disputes", the Football Association in the deadline for access will be all the arbitration cases, so do not sign the players are "disputes" rather than So not signing a player is a "dispute" and not a "salary arrears", so it doesn't affect the club's access audit. Worst of all, some players receive confirmation from the FA the day after the transfer window deadline that they are owed wages, which does not affect the club's access, but results in the player not being able to join a new team immediately after being confirmed as being free from wage arrears, and having to wait at home for the six-month summer window to open.
However, the Chinese Football Association is not all teams, there is a reason why the Cangzhou Lions can pass the admission, that is to say, the team has completed the stock reform. As we all know, the former chairman of the soccer association Chen Xuyuan focus on "public welfare soccer", he believes that the real estate enterprises led by the golden dollar soccer has ended, the future of China's music sector in the form of survival should be by a number of enterprises out of social responsibility, this assistance is limited, so the stock reform by a number of enterprises jointly owned by the furniture and music sector can be dilute the pressure on each enterprise to fund.
What kind of enterprises need to take social responsibility? Naturally, it is a state-owned enterprise, and the reality of the Chinese Super League clubs is that they are city investment companies across the country. Cangzhou Lions were formerly known as Shijiazhuang Yongchang. It was because of the capital injection from Cangzhou Construction Investment that they moved to Cangzhou. Currently, Cangzhou Construction Investment and Yongchang Real Estate each hold 50% of the club's shares. Yongchang Real Estate continues to be responsible for the club's daily operations.
Gold-dollar soccer led by real estate companies has a fatal flaw in that clubs live or die based solely on how well the real estate company does business. City investment companies leading public interest soccer are more stable than real estate companies, but they also have the fatal flaw that leaders change. Previously, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic died from this flaw, and the Cangzhou Lions are now experiencing the same problem.
The Cangzhou Lions can be said to have concentrated the fatal flaws of the super two eras, whether this team can survive can only depend on the creation.
According to Soccer Daily, four teams in the Premier League still have survival issues, and two other relegated teams with replacement status are facing serious crises. While the access drama starts early, there should be a lot of great stories to come, so look out for it.
