In the spring of April 27, Shanxi Longjin Football Club suddenly threw a heavy bomb, announced that it will withdraw from the professional soccer league. The announcement revealed that the club did not have salary arrears, but the stumbling block on the road to exit was the 600,000 yuan participation deposit. In this regard, the famous sports commentator Han Qiaosheng hit the nail on the head:
A deposit is indispensable for participation in soccer competitions. In recent years, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has specifically established this requirement in the Chinese B League, with the aim of preventing clubs from withdrawing from the league due to financial difficulties, and ensuring the smooth running of the league.
In 2019, the deposit was 1.5 million dollars, while in 2020, after the outbreak of the epidemic, this provision was once canceled. Now, with the resurgence of soccer in China, the margin system has been reintroduced once again.
Obviously, this rule is like a double-edged sword: with a deposit of 600,000 yuan, clubs can participate in the competition, which seems to be a sound operation. However, the ability to pay wages on time has become another problem.
Although there are unpaid access policy as a backing, the FA this expedient may work in the short term, but in the long run, this kind of demolition of the east wall to mend the west wall of the practice is undoubtedly not conducive to the healthy development of Chinese soccer.
