On this extraordinary day of January 8th, CCTV Sports Channel devoted a special movie to Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics for its Football Night program. However, the internet was abuzz with rumors that the Xi'an Football Association had instructed local referees to "turn a blind eye to the program, stay out of the way, keep calm, and extinguish the heat".
The program focuses on Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic's "life of desperation" and provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges of survival for the Chinese League One team. However, it was revealed on the internet that the Xi'an Football Association had issued a ban on registered referees, asking them to "refrain from participating in discussions, not to cause trouble, and to maintain public opinion stability".
In this regard, reporter Pei Li lamented: "And it seems that the issue of Xi'an referee's salary has not been taken seriously. What is the underlying logic behind all this? I can't figure it out, but I also find it quite interesting."
