On March 11, the night was low, media person Jia Yanfeng waved his pen and ink on social media to express his feelings about the current situation of the Chinese Super League. He bluntly stated that the wait for the Chinese Super League is as old as yesterday and no longer exists. He observed that regardless of whether the players are over thirty or young adults in their prime, many people are resigned to the fact that even if they don't retire, they are just going with the flow.
Jia Yanfeng remembers it fondly in the article:
The Chinese Super League, once the place of expectation, how many nights, we look forward to the beginning of the league. It is an important stage for the rise of the national soccer team, carrying the dreams of countless people. Even in 2020, when the epidemic is raging, the expectation is still strong.
In 2021, teams remained resilient and showed strength despite the seriousness of widespread wage arrears. Guangzhou was resilient and retained its qualification for the Chinese Super League; Hebei did not fall flat on its face because of its woes; Yatai turned heads; Shenhua came to its senses; and Taishan led the way. Looking back on those days, they are still exciting.
Talking to the players at that time, they firmly believed that they could not give up, because they still had to prove to the investors and the country that even if it was tough, the Chinese professional league had never given up and was still doing its best. They were not too worried about the salary owed to them, because there is a threshold of access, more or less will be compensated. However, nowadays, ask the players again, many people have already had the intention to retreat, whether they are over thirty, or young and strong, do not retreat, but also just go with the flow.
Sometimes, the poverty of a family is not terrible; what is terrible is to lose the will to fight, to see no hope, and for everyone to get by. They don't see the rewards of their efforts, and they don't see how much worse the results of their lack of effort are than their efforts.
Therefore, it is better not to see and not to hear, whether it is watching the footy trainees making a series of mistakes on the field or watching others being apathetic and having no fighting spirit at all. Since everyone wants to save money, is it not the most cost-effective way to stop the league? Is this not the simplest reasoning?
