The CBA All-Star Game is coming for the 28th time! Are the two major reforms in the first history of the starter vote good?

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Another year of CBA All-Star Game starting voting is about to begin. At 12 noon on February 3, the 2023 CBA All-Star Starter Pass officially opened. For well-known reasons, we are only 2 months away from the end of the last All-Star Weekend, and now, the curtain of another All-Star has opened, how to create freshness and bring about change is what the official needs to do, and we have seen the change since the vote.

[What are the changes to the 2023 All-Star Game starter votes?] 】

As the 28th All-Star Game in history, what changes have been made to the vote, directly focused:

1. For the first time in history, a media voting session was added, and the media and fans jointly decided the starting lineup

2. A maximum of 3 of the 5 starters per team are from the same team

These two articles are indeed the first time in history, and after the official release of the rules, they have attracted great attention, and of course, they have also triggered discussions, so is such a change good?

[Media participation in voting is a new attempt, but don't cause other trouble]

According to the official rules, for the calculation and distribution of media participation in voting, it is clear that the proportion of fan voting accounts for 60%, and the proportion of media representative voting accounts for 40%, and after all voting statistics, the voting ranking of the two groups of the north and south districts and the front and back court statistics are respectively, and the [ranking] is multiplied by [group proportion] and added in turn as the final score of the players, and the final order is carried out according to the score value from low to high. In the case of the same number of points, the player who receives more fan votes wins.

It is absolutely true that the fans account for 60% and the media accounts for 40%, the All-Star Game is a festival for fans, and even if the media voting part is added, the final fan choice must be fully completed, which can never change.

Among the CBA's events, regular-season awards are selected by the media and have caused some controversy in the past. Therefore, when seeing that All-Stars also increased media voting, many fans also disagreed, believing that some media were not professional. I admit this, why do you say that? Because in the past, when the regular season awards were selected, some media got votes, but they were not the media that paid attention to the CBA throughout the process, and some media would also have a certain tendency in the selection because of some grievances, which eventually led to some controversy in the results, which all happened in the past, and there is nothing that cannot be said.

However, the official is also revising the distribution of votes, narrowing the scope, making the distribution of media selection more reasonable, and introducing a mechanism for teams to recommend candidates, so that the media who always pay attention to and report on the CBA participate, so in this area, a lot has been regulated, which is commendable.

As for the all-stars joining the media voting weight, I think that to a certain extent, the problem of certain selection weights can be avoided. We all know that in the popularity of the CBA, Liaoyue are the top, the proportion of players of these two teams entering the All-Star can be seen by everyone, but it is undeniable that completely let the fans vote, may be a result in the future, that is, the All-Star Game is always a Liaoyue war, but it cannot be denied that there are many other excellent players in the league, All-Star is a festival, is an open display stage, other players can not lose the opportunity to enter the starting for a long time because of the low popularity of the team, low fan voting participation, This is also a bit of a pity.

Of course, the media must also have professional ethics, and the local media cannot be a protective calf and suppress competitors' players, if this is the case, it will inevitably make the media vote tasteless. Since you have the opportunity to participate, you should choose more professionally, worthy of yourself, worthy of the fans, and worthy of your profession.

Therefore, CBA officials have considered the media selection of open regular season awards, which I think is no problem, and the all-star vote can choose to try to be public, see everyone's choice, and avoid unfairness. And for myself, if I could vote, popularity and performance would be the same standard, and there would be no home team selection, which is fundamental.

[The maximum number of starters is 3 from the same team, causing controversy? It's not beautiful to be similar again and again】

In this vote, adding media voting is not the most discussed, and the clause "up to 3 of the 5 starters per team are from the same team" is more controversial.

The reason for such a regulation is still due to the past two All-Star starters, Liaoyue are four people selected, the All-Star Game directly became the Liaoyue War, if the first time there is a certain topic, but in a row, although the fans of both teams are very happy, but for the promotion of the All-Star Game, there is a lack of a certain freshness, and the official certainly wants to avoid this situation three times in a row.

However, fans will say that All-Stars are voted by fans, and what is selected is what it is, why put restrictions? This goes against the original purpose of the All-Star vote.

Indeed, this is also true, the official does not necessarily have to avoid becoming a Liaoyue war, but the all-stars are like this every time, to be honest, do you really love to watch it?

To a certain extent, if the four Liaoyue people are selected in 2021, it can still be a topic, and when it is still like this in 2022, to be honest, there is no new idea for the topic degree and promotion. Just like NBA All-Stars, there have only been four players on the same team selected in history, the last time being the Warriors' Four in 2017 and the last time being the Hawks' Four in 2015. Every time it appears, there is a certain topic, and fans will expect four people from the same team to appear in the game, but when it comes to the CBA, Liaoyue is too popular, if the opening of each year is Liaoyue four belt one, it is really a little boring.

We must admit that Guangdong and Liaoning are very popular in the CBA, not only fans in their own province, but also many fans in other places, which makes the all-star vote also have no way, if there are no certain restrictions, it will continue to be the same situation, and the official is also a last resort.

Of course, Liaoyue fans still will not recognize this new rule, but you can also think about it from another angle, we will still see Liaoyue each have three people into the starter, this is the conclusion that can be made now, then, which three people have higher votes, is an internal small PK, when the final result is released, it is also a new topic, and the players who did not enter the starting lineup may not be able to go to the All-Star, the same opportunity to enter the bench, the game can also appear Liaoyue four people on the same stage, even if it is such a change, It can also give the all-stars freshness, which is not a bad thing.

[Every small step of league reform is progress, expect a bigger step of change]

In this season's CBA regular season, we have seen some changes, the penalty scale is more concerned, although there is some controversy, but we have also seen the official slowly correcting and improving from the problem. At the same time, in the league award selection, more open and voting, early announcement of detailed selection rules, the same change.

Combined with some changes in the rules of the All-Star First Invoice selection this time, we need to affirm the official attitude and determination to seek change, and every small change can also see greater progress in the future, which is what we need to see.

Although it cannot satisfy everyone, and it is indeed impossible to meet everyone's requirements, in the long run, it is beneficial to the development of the league, objectively speaking. Fans should not blindly criticize brainlessly, and the drawbacks of the rice circle should not be brought into the professional league, which is not welcome.

With each change, let's see the effect. Change is also for the better, after all, our own league, more snacks, is always a good thing.

【Voting Tips】

Opening time: February 3, 12 noon

Double counting days: February 3, 5, 14, 21

Voting dates: 3 February at 12 p.m. --- 23 p.m

Media voting time: February 13 at 12 o'clock --- 17 December o'clock

Voting Deadline Vote Progress: The instant starting list and votes will be announced at 16:00 on February 10 and 17

The final starting list will be announced: February 23, 16 o'clock

Substitute list announced: February 28 (7 in North and South)