With Wuhan Changjiang and Hebei Huaxia Happiness being deducted three points by the Football Association for wage arrears, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, ranked fourth in China's first division, has seen the light of day in terms of compensating for the super. This is because the access review rule for next season is that access will be revoked as previous wage arrears have not only not been resolved, but have reappeared in the 2022 season. Last season there were only four or five clubs in the Chinese Super League that defaulted on wages, while this season the clubs that defaulted on wages suddenly arrived here at 10-12. Based on the current situation, many teams in the Super League will not be able to gain access next season.
Of course, Chang'an Athletic's financial situation is not optimistic. After beating Nantong Zhiyun 1-0 in the 27th round of the China First Division, Song Zhenyu, goalkeeper coach of Chang'an Athletic, confessed in the broadcasting room that he was both happy that the team won and sad because he won and sad because the club only paid one month's salary this season. The more games the team wins, the more the players owe.
Some people say that Chang'an Athletics can learn from foreign countries and establish a membership system. I don't suggest establishing a membership system. Firstly, it is difficult for everyone to adjust; secondly, it limits the team's subsequent performance. Most foreign membership systems are small clubs supported by large consortia such as Arsenal and Manchester United. To put it bluntly, if you want to do well in soccer, you have to spend money on people. Memberships only solve the problem of survival, not signings.
According to the editors, at present, it is enough to invest 10-30 million dollars per year in China's first team. If home and away matches are resumed in the 2023 season, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, which owns Golden Ball City, will have to survive on ticket revenue. As you know, this team set a China B attendance record of 48,868 in the play-off match against Nantong Zhiyun. The attendance also ranked first in the league after entering China's first division. That's still with a home stadium relocation. If the overtaking is successful and the home stadium is relocated, I believe the attendance can be higher.
Let's go by the lowest ticket in the Premier League at $50. After the renovation, Chang'an Athletic's home ground, St. Jude's, can hold 50,000 people. Assuming 30,000 people per game, the ticket revenue for one game is 1.5 million, and the ticket revenue for 18 home games in a season is 27 million. Security costs can be reduced by 15 million after venues are deducted. Add in sales of jerseys and some peripheral cultural products, and it would be appropriate to make 20 million a season.
So what we should be doing now as Longham Athletic fans is to be able to place an order and support them. Don't let the team take less than 1.5 million into the playing area like they did in the second phase. When we have the heat, we will shine. Like fireflies, we don't have to wait for a little warmth in the club's most difficult times after the "torch" if there is no "torch" and the fans are the only one "light" in the club. If there is a "torch", out of the "sun", our natural heart obeys and disappears, not only without injustice, but with joy praising this little "torch" or "sun": it is not only the "torch", but also the "sun", which is the only "light" in the club. The "sun": because it illuminates Shaanxi soccer, radiating to you and me ------
