According to domestic media reports, the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League is expected to start around April 23. For fans or players, this may seem like a distant date, but for clubs and investors, it is not enough time – club stock reform is not something that can be done overnight.
According to the requirements of the Access Review Process of the Chinese Football Association, the salary confirmation form of professional football clubs is the A standard in the access standard, involving the life and death of the club, if the players and coaches do not sign on the salary confirmation form, the entire access material will become waste paper, and according to the current prevalence of salary arrears in the Chinese Super League, the work of clearing arrears should be expected to be based on the stock reform.
According to the time arrangement of the access review at this time node on April 23, the middle of March or the end of March is the deadline for the submission of access materials for the three professional clubs of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division, and the Chinese Second Division, because February 1 began to enter the Spring Festival holiday, so in fact, the time left for the club to complete the access material work is about two months, and the completion of the access material depends on the club's stock reform - after the completion of the share reform, the work of paying off the arrears can be completed, and the investment budget for the new season can be determined, that is, For professional football clubs that are waiting to complete the share reform, there is not much time left for equity reform.
According to the past practice, in January and February every year, clubs begin to submit access materials for this season, including salary confirmation forms signed by all players and coaches, this year from the actual situation, this time is slightly delayed, but the stock improvement process of professional football clubs cannot be delayed, otherwise, it is likely that they will not pass the access review and thus lose their access qualifications.