Recently, it has been reported that the Chinese Football Association has sent a letter to various clubs, planning to restore the home and away system of the 2022 Chinese Super League on the basis of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control in April, but the so-called resumption of the home and away system is only one of the multiple sets of plans given by the Chinese Football Association at present, if it can be successfully implemented, then it will use the mirror match in the first and second half of the process to complete the double round robin game in the form of "17 + 17".
One of the charms of football games is the shouts of home fans, and now in the case of normalization of domestic epidemic prevention and control, the biggest problem in wanting to restore the home-and-away system is undoubtedly how to coordinate the epidemic prevention arrangements of local governments for large-scale football matches in the case of involving more than a dozen provinces and cities, in the current situation, as long as there is an epidemic in the region during the game, it will have a huge impact on the progress of the subsequent matches of the entire Chinese Super League, so in addition to the Chinese Football Association wants to promote home and away games, It is only after the local governments and clubs have nodded their approvals that there is hope.
In addition to the problem of epidemic prevention, at present, many clubs in the Chinese Super League have the problem of unpaid wages, that is to say, they are already facing a crisis in terms of operation, and in such a situation, how can they afford to host home games? The venue fees of home games, security premiums, the cost of eating, living and traveling for the team's away games, as well as the cost of providing training venues for the away team, etc. will increase the economic burden of the club, in the environment of salary arrears and salary restrictions, if the Football Association does not bear the cost, then is it enough to rely on tickets, broadcasts and advertising income to maintain the current Chinese Super League clubs? There are many details to polish, so if you want to play home and away, the Chinese Football Association still has many difficulties that must be solved, but it seems that the time left for them is not abundant.
Almost everyone knows that for the development of the league, the home-away system has become imperative, the two-year conference system has caused a large number of fans to lose, the same loss is also the huge economic benefits that the entire Chinese Super League has produced, after losing the home income, many football clubs that have been struggling have completely fallen into financial crisis, if this situation still cannot be improved, then the Chinese Super League is not to say "the sixth league in the world", and there is even a possibility that it cannot be sustained, which is undoubtedly a situation that cannot happen. Therefore, in addition to restoring the home and away system, the Chinese Football Association has also retained other competition formats, perhaps before undergoing drastic reforms, for the entire Chinese football league, it is the most important thing to survive first.