On December 21, Beijing time, the Chinese Basketball Association released the "Report on the Development of Basketball in China", which pointed out that basketball is the largest sport in China. Unexpectedly, this argument was ridiculed by many well-known basketball media people, and reporter Jia Lei said that this was deceiving himself.
The report writes that the "general basketball population" in The age group of 6-65 years old in China is 125 million, and the "core basketball population" with basketball as the main form of sports is 7.61 million. The proportion of China's population participating in basketball is also the highest compared to other sports, so it is concluded that "the population participating in basketball sports ranks first in all ball sports in China".
Wang Yi of Beijing Radio and Television Station wrote: "China's basketball sports development report released: According to the data of the report, basketball should be called China's first sport! With a population of 125 million people in general basketball and 76.1 million people in core basketball, it surpasses the second place in the FIBA world ranking Spain (about 47 million people), the third place Australia (about 26 million people), the fourth place Slovenia (about 2.1 million people), and the combined population of the three countries is almost three times that of the US basketball population (23.4 million). ”
The subtext of Wang Yi's remarks should be: even if basketball is already the largest sport in China, even if the population involved in basketball has exceeded that of basketball powers such as the United States, the results are still not very good.
Yang Yi, a well-known journalist, forwarded Wang Yi's words and wrote: "Is it interesting for the relevant departments to come up with such a thing..."
Jia Lei replied: "Is this data specifically for the purpose of disgusting yourself?" ”
Wang Meng, another journalist who was acquainted with Yang Yi and Jia Lei, also wrote: "It is said! China's general basketball population is 125 million, the core basketball population is 76.1 million... Suddenly I felt that our project was very horizontal, very horizontal. ”
For the subtext of these reporters who look down on Chinese basketball, netizens have said: "This is what the Basketball Association should do!" "What's the point of watching Yang Yi spray this report on Weibo... I feel that this thing is better than not doing it, just like the fans scold the CBA operation packaging, have to really give you a comprehensive upgrade next year is not to scold? The basketball association can't be a person inside and out..."