The second wave of salary restrictions in the Chinese Super League is on the way.
The 1.0 version of the salary restriction order launched by the Football Association at the end of 2019, the pre-tax income ceiling of local players is 10 million yuan; at the end of 2020, the Football Association will set the income cap of local players to 5 million yuan before tax; at present, the Football Association will soon set the maximum salary of local players to 3 million yuan.
What is the concept of 3 million yuan before tax? The average annual salary of Japanese J1 League players is 2 million yuan, while the maximum salary of the Korean K League can be 6 million to 7.5 million yuan. Of course, the leagues of Japan and South Korea are dominated by professional leagues, while the Chinese Super League relies on executive orders to adjust salaries.
Such news came out at a time when the national football record was dismal, of course, triggered a fierce discussion among fans.
In the round of twelve during the Spring Festival, the national football team first defeated Japan, which is "Asia's first", and then humiliated vietnam, completely losing the possibility of entering the World Cup.
There is no harm without comparison, just as the national football team continues to show the lower limit, the women's football girls won the championship in an exciting epic at the Asian Cup.
There is no suspense, the sonorous rose has become a hero, the national football team has become the object of scorn of the people, when the "dodge ball" and "sea cucumber" stems fermented everywhere, the melon-eating masses have said: "The national football team spits out the high salary you got and takes it to the women's football team!" ”
At this point in time, under such a public opinion environment, the Football Association is about to launch a further salary restriction order, and it is difficult not to make people think about it.
Teams with good results get more salaries, and teams with bad results get a proper salary cut, which at first glance is a very logical thing, but the problem is that the problem of football cannot be measured by the professional competitive perspective.
For example, before the 2018 World Cup, England's results were simply dismal, and they were ridiculed as the "king of qualifiers" and "European Chinese teams".
So the three lions lost to Iceland in shame and became the "three meows", public opinion will shout about the international footballer's salary cut, and the FA will introduce a salary restriction order?
The answer is the complete opposite. When England's record was not good, the Premier League became more and more prosperous, and the value of the players in the hukou was even higher.
In this regard, the FA has not expressed its position, but has focused more energy on maintaining the normal operation of the market and the youth training of local players, all of which are determined by the market economy.
But is it all possible for our FA to do it? The answer is clearly no. Not to mention the leadership of one policy, these policies themselves, many of them are implemented by looking at the public opinion.
Maybe the neutral name policy is conducive to the healthy development of the league in the long run, but you suddenly all beat to death, how can companies still have enthusiasm? Maybe the salary limit will help squeeze out the gold dollar bubble, but you use all your strength at once, what can the bubble achieve except for the explosion?
All reforms need to follow a process in which too much force will not make the football "sit up in a dying sickness", but only the last board will be covered for the coffin. Isn't there enough magic in Chinese football in 2021?
Whether to act in accordance with the laws of the market and whether to respect the laws of football development is the most essential difference between Chinese football and European football, but unfortunately, whether it is the Football Association as a superstructure or the fans at the grassroots level, they do not understand this truth.
For such a move, many fans have expressed "great happiness", but they ignored that there are only 1.66 million after the tax of 3 million before tax, and the players at the top of the industry pyramid are still like this, what should be the income of grassroots players?
Moreover, football is a sport that eats youth, a player in the early and late stages of his career is unlikely to get the maximum salary, the only benefit that can be imagined in the salary limit upgrade version is probably that there may be many players who are "forced to be helpless" to choose to stay in the West, but how many can really stay in the West?
Even as a developing country, China, to become a leader in any industry, can get 1.66 million after-tax salary, if I am a father, I send my children to play football, in the series of twists and turns of becoming a professional player aside, if you can not step on the top field, you can only eat youth with a limited salary, there is no other way back, why should I send him to the fire pit?
For many fans who applaud the salary limit, this is completely a problem of standing and talking without waist pain, assuming empathetic thinking, if your salary changed from 10,000 to 5,000 and then to 3,000, how would you react?
It is good for the Football Association to carry out macro-control, but the premise must be to respect the market, and the reason why football is the world's first sport is precisely because it pays attention to the law of the market. The income of women's football is not as good as that of men's football, which is determined by the basic plate of industry strength, and the reason why men's football can get high salaries before is also determined by the influence of the industry as a whole.
Feelings and love can not be eaten as a meal, whether the fans like to believe or not, in the case of the overall development level of Chinese football lagging behind Europe, if you want to catch up, you need to rely on youth training, but if enthusiastic football people can see the ceiling of income, the pride will also be poured out. Where does the huge football population base come from?
Clubs want to invest, are restricted, players strive for high salaries, there is no way out, Chinese football, but there is really no way to develop. Moreover, under the salary limit, God knows how many people will play match-fixing in order to "make up the difference".
Therefore, Chinese football, don't be so many moths, and respect the law of football development in a down-to-earth manner is the only way out. Only when the domestic football environment begins to respect the market, Chinese football will really have a way out.