2021 is destined to be an extraordinary year for the Chinese Super League, affected by the bursting of the golden dollar football bubble, a series of salary restrictions and neutral name policies of the Football Association, last season's Chinese Super League fell into an unprecedented trough.
In order to make way for the national football team to compete in the World Preliminary Round, the Chinese Super League schedule is also fragmented by the Football Association. It can be said that last season's Chinese Super League came all the way through stumbling.
Now that the Chinese Super League has all ended, but for many clubs, the crisis they are facing has not been lifted, because the problem of unpaid wages and stock reform of the clubs has not really been solved so far, if these problems cannot be solved before the official opening of the Chinese Super League next season, then these clubs may be difficult to obtain next season's Chinese Super League admission.
In fact, at present, it is not only the issue of stock reform that affects the qualification of Chinese Super League teams, but also whether the implementation of the football association's neutral name policy is in place, which is also a key factor in whether domestic clubs at all levels can obtain league access qualifications.
As we all know, last season, after the Football Association began to push the club's neutral name policy, the clubs in the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division and the Chinese Second Division have completed the neutralization of the club.
Except for three clubs, including Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Changchun Yatai, which had completely divested themselves from the investor company and were able to retain the club's initial name, the other clubs had to change the club's name.
But this is the first step in the club neutral name policy of the Football Association, according to the requirements of the Football Association, in addition to the neutralization of the name, the original team logo and team song also need to be neutralized. In other words, the logos and song of each club can not appear in any element related to the club's investors.
As a result, most Of the Chinese Super League clubs have revised or redesigned their logos and created new team anthems last season. Beijing Guoan, Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Shenhua were among the first Chinese Super League clubs to complete changes to their emblems and team songs.
Despite this, two clubs have so far violated the rules of the Football Association's neutral name policy by not changing the team's emblem. They are Guangzhou City, which recently revealed the financial situation of the club, and Wuhan, which was turbulent last season due to the change of coaching team.
From the team emblems of the two teams, it is not difficult to see that there is still an element of "R&F" in the team emblem of Guangzhou City, which is the abbreviation of the corporate LOGO of Guangzhou R&F Group, the parent company of Guangzhou City.
Similar to the situation in Guangzhou City, the current Wuhan team logo also has the element of "Zhuoer", which has an unclear relationship with the parent company of the Wuhan team, Wuhan Zhuoer.
Judging from the current situation, Guangzhou City and Wuhan team have no plans to change the team emblem for the time being. Of course, this is also very understandable, because at present, these two clubs are busy because of the problem of funds and stock reform, and there is still time to take care of such small things as changing the team logo and team song.
However, if these two clubs cannot erase the elements associated with club investors by modifying the logo and team song before the start of the new season of the Chinese Super League, then they will most likely not be eligible to participate in the new season of the Chinese Super League.
Although the Football Association has not officially announced the opening time of the 2022 chinese Super League, it is rumored that the new season of the Chinese Super League may open in mid-to-late April, which means that there are still about 3 months left for Guangzhou City and Wuhan to modify the emblem and team song.
For these two clubs, compared to the stock reform, it is not too difficult to change the team emblem and team song, and I believe that they are fully capable of completing these 2 tasks before the opening of the Chinese Super League. But even if the team logo and team song are changed, it will not bring any help to the two clubs in the process of promoting the stock reform.
Therefore, we also hope that the Football Association can really understand the difficulties of the club, do not always dwell on some small issues, and help these clubs in difficulties to survive, which is the most important issue that the Football Association should pay attention to, right?