Another year when the CBA league was unveiled. On October 10, the opening ceremony of the CBA regular season was officially launched in Hangzhou. In view of the current epidemic prevention and control, the 9 rounds of the first stage of the CBA regular season continue to use the empty game system, which is also the fourth consecutive season that CBA has adopted the game system. The 2022-2023 season is the 28th season of CBA. What new changes will the 28-year-old CBA have? Maybe we can get a glimpse from the new formulation of “people’s Basketball.
On october 9, the day before the start of the CBA, the chinese basketball association held the 2020-2023 CBA league mobilization meeting and the gypsy style competition warning education work deployment meeting. Liu guoyong, deputy director of the state sports general administration, asked CBA to reshape the league image, adhere to the road of professional league development with chinese characteristics, adhere to the positioning of people’s basketball, and deal with the relationship between social benefits and economic benefits. The new formulation of “people’s basketball” immediately became the focus topic of heated discussion in the chinese basketball circle, just as the current chinese economists are discussing “people’s economics” enthusiastically “, how will CBA play” people’s basketball “in the future?
It is worth mentioning that at this meeting, China Basketball Association and CBA company signed the Gypsy style competition responsibility letter, while CBA company signed with the general manager, head coach, the team captain signed the Gypsy style competition responsibility letter on the spot. Throughout the meeting on that day, what was emphasized most was that the CBA league in the new season should resolutely implement and implement the overall strategic deployment of national revitalization three big-ball sports, and cultivate and deliver higher-level basketball talents for the national team.
Obviously, it will be the top priority of CBA operation logic in the new season to strictly grasp the gypsy style competition period and deliver higher-level basketball talents to the national team. These are also the meaning of CBA’s insistence on the development of professional league matches with chinese characteristics. However, the most urgent thing before us is that CBA should train for the 2023 basketball world cup and the hangzhou asian games to a certain extent this season, and only for the national team to fully practice, only in this way can the so-called “deal with the relationship between social benefits and economic benefits” be achieved “. With the end of the first two competition days of the CBA new season, CBA has also used specific actions to practice how to strictly grasp the gypsy style competition period and send higher-level basketball talents to the national team, which has also triggered two hot topics outside the world:
I. The penalty scale of CBA referee has been greatly adjusted. In the past, many high-intensity physical confrontation actions that would be fouled have become reasonable physical contact.
On the evening of october 10, the opening battle between shenyang sansheng in liaoning and dongsunshine in zhejiang was a repeat of the finals of last season, which attracted much attention. As a result, the total score was only 74-64, the referee turned a blind eye to many large-scale actions, which also puzzled many basketball commentators and fans. However, Guo Allen, who scored 16 points in the 6th of the 21 shots in this game, was interviewed by Migu after the game. He simply went to the English “praise” referee and fined very good, this short video, which is very ironic to the referee, has produced viral transmission effect through entertainment processing on the social platform, thus further exacerbating the heated discussion of public opinion on the CBA referee’s penalty, the topic of CBA referee blowing penalty scale directly rushed to the top of Weibo hot search list. However, foreign aid jones of jilin jiutai agricultural and commercial bank was fined 10000 yuan by CBA for criticizing the referee by posting a document on the social platform.
2. CBA failed to leave from dongguan to hangzhou for the competition on the champion king of the 11th guangdong southern tigers due to the delay in epidemic control. CBA had canceled hongyuan’s two preseason games, but hongyuan still failed to arrive in hangzhou until the regular season started for two days. In this case, how to deal with the absence of hongyuan has become a technical problem concerned by all parties in CBA.
According to the provisions of CBA, the absence of the competition will be judged negative according to 0-20, and hongyuan’s failure to participate in the competition due to epidemic prevention and control is a force majeure factor, which is understandable. Moreover, even according to the most optimistic estimate, guangdong southern tigers is likely to miss at least the first three rounds of the start of the game. If hongyuan is sentenced to a negative consecutive absence, it may cause a more serious series of chain reactions in the future, even disrupt the inherent competition pattern of the CBA league. Nevertheless, the CBA alliance finally chose to follow the existing provisions of CBA, and everything was done according to the established rules of CBA. In this regard, hongyuan’s first regular season match against north control was on schedule. Half an hour later, CBA announced that it was sentenced to 0-20 for hongyuan’s absence. In the following two matches, Guangdong Southern Tigers is likely to continue to be sentenced to 0-20, but CBA’s respect for rules and reverence for rules also won the respect of the outside world.
CBA encourages “high quality non-sentencing” to improve the confrontation ability of the National Hand. Jones criticized the referee and was fined 10000
As the highlight of the opening of the CBA new season, the match between Shenyang Sansheng in Liaoning and dongsunshine in Zhejiang was broadcast live nationwide at 19:35 prime time, which naturally won the attention of national basketball fans, CBA also held a grand award ceremony for Liaoning men’s basketball. In a sense, this competition is a benchmark competition created by CBA for the new season, not only from the competitive level, but also from the finals level, and from the level of publicity and promotion, it also represents the highest level of packaging operation of CBA events.
However, in the end, it was somewhat surprising that the referee’s penalty replaced the player’s performance to some extent and became the focus of heated public opinion. In an interview with Migu after the game, Guo Allen even gave a hearty “praise” to the referee’s law enforcement standards: “Very good, very, very, very good, I think the referee played very well from preseason to now, very good. I can only say that praise cannot be satisfied. This kind of punishment is a great exercise for us. I want to praise the referee.”
Throughout the whole game, both teams were very eager to win the opening of the season, but the final score was only a poor 74-64, this low score directly brings memory back to the ancient basketball era when CBA was first founded in the mid-1990s, which pressed the rhythm and ground battles. In addition, the competition data of local stars of the two teams also have some “hot eyes”. Guo Allen scored 16 points in only 6 of the 21 shots, last season’s Finals MVP Zhao Jiwei scored 2 points in 6 shots 1, another Super Defender Sun Minghui fought for 43 minutes on the court but only scored 8 points in 15 shots 3…… No matter from which point of view, this score is surprisingly low.
It is true that these local stars are physically and mentally exhausted due to the continuous international competition on behalf of the national team this summer. They also have injuries and are normal to play poorly, but another major reason for their data “Hot Eyes” is that the referee’s penalty scale has undergone major adjustments.
The physical confrontation between the two teams was very fierce in the whole game, but the referee only played 34 fouls against the two teams in total, and according to the penalty scale in the past games, I’m afraid a team will be fouled 34 times. Therefore, in the process of Migu live broadcast, basketball commentators and fans are questioning and complaining about the judgment scale of the referee.
However, you should know that the three-person group of law enforcement referees in this focus competition are all elite soldiers selected carefully by CBA, especially the referee, which represents one of the highest standards of basketball referees in china at present, he was also the only chinese basketball referee who was chosen by the national basketball federation to enforce the olympic games at the 2016 rio olympics. The law enforcement level of duan cast is beyond doubt. Obviously, the law enforcement officials of the high-match three-person group led by this focus battle set a benchmark for the CBA penalty scale this season. In other words, the new season of CBA will encourage physical confrontation, so that the national players can better adapt to the current penalty scale of the International Basketball Federation in international competitions.
Specifically, compared with last season, the reason why the number of penalty blows in this game is significantly less and the scale is significantly wider is that the chinese basketball association requires the referees to comply with the law enforcement rules of the international basketball federation, don’t whistle too much when on-the-spot law enforcement, and encourage them to carry out “high-quality non-sentencing”.
The so-called “high-quality non-judgement” is based on the principle of ensuring the fluency of the game. It does not whistle for some slight physical contact movements that can be blown or not blown, and do not affect the fluency of the attack, in this way, players can be encouraged to conduct physical confrontation, making the game more exciting, and at the same time, they will not whistle frequently to prevent the referee from robbing the play and interrupting the fluency of the game.
As we all know, the rules of the International Basketball Federation have been guided by encouraging physical confrontation for a long time. Even NBA superstars such as James and Wade performed poorly in the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 world championships, one of the reasons is that they first appeared in the international arena and did not adapt to the penalty criteria of the international basketball federation. Therefore, they often complained to the referee angrily that the other side could not get free throws if he committed a foul.
Since China failed in the Basketball World Cup held at home in men’s basketball in 2019 and missed the tickets for the direct Tokyo Olympic Games, the phenomenon that the players of the country killed the four parties in CBA but fell into a shortage of scores in the international competition was magnified infinitely. Many people questioned that the penalty scale of CBA’s referee was not in line with that of the international basketball federation, the star whistle is too broken and too frequent, and the body will whistle frequently when it is slightly touched, so that the stars can’t adapt to that kind of high-intensity confrontation when they arrive in the international arena.
When the international basketball federation selected the referee of the tokyo olympic games basketball match in early 2020, it did not choose any chinese referee for the first time in history. There is a saying that they think the law enforcement level of the chinese basketball referee has fallen behind. As a result, both the men’s basketball national team and the referee of chinese basketball missed the olympic games for the first time, which triggered the reflection of chinese basketball industry after their painful thinking.
Under such circumstances, the Chinese Basketball Association requires the referees to deeply study and adapt to the law enforcement rules of the International Basketball Federation, and at the same time encourages CBA players to strengthen antagonism. This season, the referees are explicitly encouraged to carry out “high-quality non-sentencing”, so as to prepare for the 2023 basketball World Cup to compete for tickets for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. It is based on this referee’s law enforcement orientation that many large-scale actions will not be fouled in the opening match this season.
Although the starting point of the referees conforming to the style of FIBA’s blow penalty and encouraging the players’ physical confrontation is worthy of praise, the players think that some actions that obviously belong to foul are missed, which is overkill. For example, Jones, a foreign aid from Jilin Jiutai Agricultural and Commercial Bank, directly posted a document on Weibo, saying that playing high-intensity confrontation and pulling people to foul are completely different things. Later, he realized that he criticized the referee for violating the rules, so he said: “I am not talking about CBA basketball, I am talking about American football.” But even so, the CBA alliance still issued a ticket, and Jones was fined 10000 yuan for publicly commenting on the referee.
Hongyuan was sentenced to the first round of competition due to the absence of epidemic prevention and control, or at least missed three rounds of competition.
When the other 19 teams of CBA started to compete in the regular season, CBA not only failed to compete champion King the 11th Guangdong Southern Tigers, but also failed to arrive in Hangzhou.
Previously, on october 4, the guangdong southern tigers club confirmed that the dongguan disease control department found that guangdong southern tigers of the people involved in the investigation of asymptomatic infected persons from other provinces had close contacts, and the relevant personnel must be isolated in accordance with the requirements, therefore, Guangdong Southern Tigers can only delay departure to Hangzhou. Subsequently, the CBA league announced the cancellation of two pre-season warm-up matches involving the Guangdong team. However, when the CBA regular season was officially unveiled, dongguan continued to stay in guangdong southern tigers due to epidemic prevention and control. Finally, half an hour after the game started on the afternoon of october 11, hongyuan was sentenced to 0-20 for missing the first round of the regular season match with Beijing control.
According to the understanding of sports students, even if Guangdong Southern Tigers can arrive in Hangzhou on October 12, Hongyuan is likely to be absent in the first three rounds because Hangzhou requires the CBA team to perform “three days and three inspections” after landing. If the consecutive absenteeism is judged negative, it will not only affect Hongyuan’s performance this season, but also trigger a series of chain reactions if strict rules are imposed, in the most serious case, it may directly rewrite the inherent strength pattern of the league, which is undoubtedly something everyone does not want to see.
According to the understanding of sports big business, Hangzhou disease control department has recently notified CBA alliance, all personnel from other provinces who arrive in Hangzhou to participate in the league must complete the “three days and three inspections” after landing (in other hotels outside the official hotel of the competition), after completing the three-day and three-day inspection, you can enter the Official Hotel of the event (Zhejiang Qin Kaiyuan or SANLEA Kaiyuan).
Among them, green zone club participants: must complete the “three-day and three-day inspection” in the designated hotel (zhejiang hotel, room fee paid), and after completing the “three-day and three-day inspection, you have to enter the Green Zone of the Official Hotel of the event (from now on, you must send the application email to the event operation Department 2 days in advance to arrange relevant reception matters). Huang district personnel: you can find a hotel in Hangzhou and complete the “three days and three inspections”. After completing the “three days and three inspections”, you have to enter the yellow district of the Official Hotel of the event.
According to the current regulations of hangzhou, even if you leave for hangzhou guangdong southern tigers recently, you need to accept the “three days and three inspections” before you can enter the green area of the official hotel of the event, then you need to sign the Gypsy style competition responsibility letter before you can participate in the competition.
Judging from the schedule of Guangdong Southern Tigers, even if you arrive in Hangzhou on October 12, Guangdong Southern Tigers, it is likely that you will not be able to participate in the first three rounds. According to the provisions of CBA, if the club is judged to be secret and secret due to its own reasons, and thus affects its participation in the league, the consequences will be borne by the team itself (the penalty for the absence is negative, the score is calculated from 0 to 20). Of course, considering the complexity of the current epidemic prevention and control and the occasional spread of the epidemic and other objective problems, in addition, three players, such as guangdong southern tigers coach du feng and zhao rui, continued to fight for the country during the off-season, this summer has suffered from the isolation of entry and exit, and after the end of the first regular season, these people will continue to fight for the country. In view of the above, some CBA executives believe that some humanistic care should be given to guangdong southern tigers.
Besides, the CBA regular season has only 42 rounds in total this season, and the first stage regular season has only 9 rounds. If Hongyuan is judged negative by multiple rounds due to non-war reasons, it will also have a significant impact on the competitiveness and strength pattern of the entire league. No matter from which point of view, compared with the one-size-fits-all 0-20 penalty, it may be more reasonable to adjust the schedule to postpone the rematch. Under the epidemic, clubs are controlled and unable to participate in the competition is the first new topic that CBA faces. This time it may be Hongyuan, and next time it may be other clubs. Therefore, facing this new topic, CBA family needs careful consideration.
At present, the epidemic prevention and control is more than days, and hongyuan’s failure to arrive in hangzhou on time due to the cooperation with the epidemic prevention and control of the territory is a de facto force majeure. Faced with the dilemma of Hongyuan, there was also a private discussion proposed by CBA Brothers club. Since the CBA Alliance family is in the same spirit, whether those brother clubs who play against hongyuan can jointly apply to CBA company with hongyuan to temporarily postpone the game and then do it later.
But if you want to do this, you need the cooperation of brother clubs first, and then apply to CBA according to the rules. Finally, CBA decides whether this proposal is feasible according to the rules. Previously, the beijing news reported that guangdong southern tigers might not be able to play the first regular season against beijing control men’s basketball according to the planned schedule, while beijing control men’s basketball’s attitude towards this was that if the game could not be played on time, respect and comply with the decisions and arrangements of CBA alliance on relevant matters.
Although the outside world is paying attention to the fact that Guangdong Southern Tigers cannot participate in the competition due to epidemic prevention and control, the CBA alliance has not publicly stated this matter before. It was not until 9 am on October 11 that the CBA official released a vague announcement only seven hours left in the 15 pm match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and North control men’s basketball, this announcement only confirmed that it was still under epidemic control in Dongguan Guangdong Southern Tigers and could not participate in today’s first match with Beijing control men’s basketball. However, the CBA official still does not have a clear statement about how to deal with the failure of the Guangdong Southern Tigers to participate in the competition, whether it is directly judged by the absence of the competition from 0 to 20 or whether the competition is postponed. On the purely theoretical level, Hongyuan still seems to have the opportunity to seize these hours before the competition to do coordination work.
Finally, half an hour after the game started in the afternoon, CBA officials directly announced that Guangdong Southern Tigers was sentenced to 0-20 for missing the game according to regulations. This decision undoubtedly demonstrates the determination of CBA to respect the rules, revere the rules, act according to the rules, and strictly grasp the Gypsy style competition.
In the future, even according to the most optimistic estimate, Guangdong Southern Tigers was allowed to go to Hangzhou on October 12, but after completing the “three days and three inspections” in Hangzhou, they can enter the Official Hotel of the CBA event, this means that they are likely to miss the first three rounds. If you miss three rounds of games in a row, strict rules may cause a more serious chain reaction. Even if they were allowed to participate in the competition Guangdong Southern Tigers, since Hongyuan’s team had to travel thousands of miles to Hangzhou after accepting long-term isolation, and the players did not participate in the preseason, it might be difficult to reach the desired competitive state in the short term.
This season, whether it is the renewal of players in the offseason or the close connection of the epidemic before the start of the game, it seems that there are some difficulties for the 11th champion King. Although there are many good things, we only hope that all national players can keep healthy to ensure that the 2023 World Cup can win tickets directly to the Paris Olympics and the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games can defend the home glory. CBA should go all out to practice for the national team without complaint or regret, which may also be one of the true meanings of CBA’s adherence to the positioning of “people’s basketball” this season?
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