Chinese football, which has not seen any improvement, has set up a "moth" in terms of policy.
On December 28, the State General Administration of Sport replied to the "Proposal on the Urgent Revitalization of Chinese Football", one of which caused extensive discussion.
In the "Proposal on Strengthening the Management of Football Players", there is such a clause - it is strictly forbidden for national team and U23 national team players to have new tattoos, and U20 and other national team teams at all levels are strictly prohibited from recruiting players with tattoos.
This is not the first time that chinese football has appeared in tattoo-related regulations, as early as 2018, the Football Association required national footballers to cover the tattoos, making the Chinese Cup appear the "grand situation" of international footballers wrapped in bandages.
In a series of later national team family portraits and publicity photos, the tattoos of Zhang Linpeng and other players were disposed of later, so that the international footballers could show a "positive and healthy" image.
(National football family portrait, the players are "clean")
For professional players with a lot of exercise, covering tattoos is too "anti-human", so it will be useless after a while, people originally thought that everything would return to the past, did not think that in the magical year of 2021, the policy will be more intense.
There is also a "specific requirement" in the proposal of the General Administration of Sport - "those who have tattoos are advised to remove their tattoos themselves", even in special cases, they need to be covered in training and competition.
Seeing such a regulation, the first thing that fans think of is Zhang Linpeng, as an international footballer, he has a large area of tattoos, which is very eye-catching inside and outside the stadium.
At the first time of the promulgation of the policy, the relevant reporters inquired about the status of the tattoo, and the senior tattooist said that a large-scale cleaning of the tattoo would not only make people bear great pain, but also cause harm to the body.
Obviously, it is unrealistic to let Zhang Linpeng clean her tattoos, in the case of the lack of strength in the national football team, is it necessary to give up a good player, or let him "wrap his bandages" on the field?
Moreover, there are still many naturalized international footballers in the current national football team, and overseas players regard tattoos as a kind of personality freedom, and if they cannot accept clear or cover tattoos, they will be expelled from the national team?
From the perspective of showing the appearance of the national team, the proposal of the General Administration of Sports seems to be no problem, but the key is that the core of competitive sports lies in competition, not on the surface.
(Messi: I have tattoos, but I'm still a quality idol)
Some fans said that Messi has so many tattoos on his body, which does not prevent him from playing the most wonderful football, and on the world's top football stage, superstars with tattoos are everywhere.
According to the regulations of Chinese football, even if there is a genius like Messi or a fighter like Ibrahimovic and Ramos, it is impossible to be selected for the national team, and the one-size-fits-all rule can only lead to the inversion of the horse.
Huang Jianxiang, a famous commentator, once said: Whether the national football team plays well or not has nothing to do with whether there is a tattoo or not. Chinese football is not good, and it is not possible to get a tattoo here.
Of course, for the tattoo ban of the General Administration of Sports, many fans have also expressed support, they said that professional players belong to public figures, they should really manage their own image, if the stadium is full of tattoos, it will play a bad role for young fans.
Such remarks at first glance are not inappropriate, but ignore the fact that the times are advancing with the times, in fact, with the promotion of personalization, whether at home or abroad, tattoos are already a trend among young people.
This is especially evident in the sports world, where famous players such as David Beckham and NBA James are all tattooed with picturesque tattoos, while in the domestic sports world, idol figures such as Lin Dan and Zhang Jike also love tattoos.
Perhaps, the entanglement of tattoos can only be explained by China's social and cultural identity, and china still has a negative attitude towards tattoos today, which has also become the driving force for the General Administration of Sports to issue directives.
However, the construction of the mental outlook should not be managed so meticulously by the relevant departments, compared with the strict control of tattoos, thinking about how to fundamentally improve the level of Chinese football.
"First-rate teams grasp strategy, second-rate teams grasp management, third-rate teams grasp tactics, fourth-rate teams grab ball skills, fifth-rate teams grasp public relations, sixth-rate teams grasp tattoos..."
—— This is the Sharp Spit of Chinese fans on the tattoo ban, and it is urgent to revitalize football, but what is this tattoo? Controlling tattoos, Chinese football can be better?
(Strange policies such as the "tattoo restriction order" have triggered foreign media reports)
If the focus is wrong, the so-called "hard work" can only become useless, compared to tattoos, improving the market system of football and fundamentally attaching importance to youth training is obviously more important.
Unfortunately, such a simple truth, managers may not understand. To be professional is not good, not to be professional is quite professional - this may be the biggest sadness of Chinese football.