As we all know, the CBA is the best basketball league in China. However, in the development of the CBA League, there have been many extremely bad events, such as the Guanduchang incident in the 2006-07 season, such as the $600 bribery incident. It is precisely because of these events that the CBA League has been able to improve. Below, let's review the "$600 bribery incident" that shocked the Chinese basketball world.
The $600 bribe began and ended
This happened in the 2003-04 season, before the 17th round of the CBA League, the Basketball Management Center received a phone call from Ye Xiangyu, the head of the Zhejiang Wanma Club, reflecting: "Shaanxi Dongsheng Basketball Club gave (Zhejiang Wanma) foreign aid 600 US dollars, so that (the) foreign aid could release water in the game.
The Zhejiang foreign aid was named Sam Gaode. I believe that fans who like to play basketball will definitely not be unfamiliar with the name Gaode, who is the founder of "Shamgod Action".
600 US dollars, equivalent to about 4800 yuan. It is said that Gaode's monthly salary at that time reached 20,000 US dollars, while the CBA league only had 26 games in a single season, which lasted five months. In other words, AutoNavi can play a game and receive a salary of about $3800.
The Shaanxi club gave Gaode $600, and the latter had $3,800 in a game, and the clear-eyed people could clear which was lighter and heavier. So the question is, why did Shaanxi Club do this?
Actually, it's a gamble! If AutoNavi had accepted the $600 and really released water in the game, the matter would not have been made public.
If the matter is revealed, the $600 is not enough to file a case, and the Shaanxi club can also evade punishment. Although the Basketball Management Center sent an investigation team to conduct a specific investigation into this matter, Zhejiang Foreign Aid also said a lot of details. However, because the amount involved in the case did not meet the standards for filing a case, the matter was finally closed.
Bribing players is immoral and even more illegal. Although the Shaanxi club escaped the disaster, after this matter was disclosed, the impact on the CBA was extremely bad.