On the afternoon of April 9, the Chinese Football Association held a preparatory work meeting for the professional league in Shanghai. During the video conference of the Chinese Super League company that morning, the Chinese Football Association also informed the clubs of a series of work summary of the Association recently. Judging from the content, the Chinese Football Association has launched a series of concrete measures in three aspects: epidemic prevention and control, national team construction, professional clubs and league preparations, winning the recognition of the club. It is understood that according to the proposal of some Chinese Super League clubs, the association plans to invite the U23 team of the Chinese Super League to participate in the China B league from the 2020 season to help local players of the U19-U23 age group create competition platforms and improve their competitive level. At the same time, enrich the accumulation of local talents.
The Top 40 competition started as early as September
as one of the shareholders of the Super League Company, the Chinese Football Association took this opportunity to inform all Super League clubs of some work done by the association during the epidemic, the specific content covers three aspects: “epidemic prevention and control”, “National team preparation and construction” and “professional club and league preparation. At present, there is no case that Chinese coaches and players are infected with the new coronavirus in the three-level professional league teams, and the confirmed cases in the circle are all imported overseas.
Although the two top 40 FIFA World Cup qualification matches of the national football team originally planned to be held at the end of March were postponed due to the epidemic, the Chinese Football Association carried out a lot of good offices to maximize the team’s preparation and competitive interests. Before FIFA proposed a specific initiative to postpone the FIFA World Cup qualification, the Association drew up a number of plans for the adjustment of competition sites, including cities in Malaysia, Thailand, Australia and other countries.
After FIFA suggested last week that all men’s and women’s national teams scheduled for June be postponed, the Chinese Football Association has prepared for the remaining 40 strong matches of the national football team to start at the earliest in September.
The start time of the Super League has not been determined
The Chinese Football Association informed the club that from late February to early March, the Chinese Football Association in various countries (regions) under the circumstances of the adjustment of the anti-epidemic work and the entry and exit policies of personnel, in order to win favorable conditions for the Chinese Super League’s Asian Championship team, special personnel have been arranged to attend emergency meetings at the Asian Football Association headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia twice, and actively lobby the Asian Football Association and the major member associations of the East Asian region on related issues, so as to ensure that the adjusted Asian Championship schedule meets the competition needs of the Chinese Super League teams.
The Chinese Football Association also explained the opening time of the Chinese Super League in the new season that the clubs focused on. It is reported that the Chinese Football Association began to study the possibility of the league start and the preset start schedule from the middle of February, and designed several sets of calendar and schedule adjustment plans according to the league start points in April, May or June. Due to the continuous development of the epidemic, the Chinese Football Association has also continuously adjusted the content of the plan. At present, two sets of plans have been added. However, the final opening period of the league depends on a series of complicated factors such as the national epidemic prevention policy and the specific deployment of epidemic prevention work, the entry time of overseas personnel, the brand-new schedule arrangement of Asian Champions League and World Cup qualifiers, etc, therefore, until the 9th League preparatory meeting began, the association could not give a specific schedule for the start.
It is proposed that the U23 team of the chinese super league participate in the china B league
in addition, one of the contents in the report also attracts more attention, which is to stop the embarrassment of the lack of high-level competition platform for local players in the U19 to U23 age groups, according to the proposal of some Chinese Super League clubs, the Chinese Football Association plans to invite the U23 team of the Chinese Super League to participate in the China B league from the 2020 season, while the question of whether the Chinese football club will send echelon teams to participate in the China B league has not been mentioned.
The Chinese Football Association also said that if the U23 team of the Chinese Super League participates in the Chinese league, its results will be counted into points to ensure the technical content of the competition. However, the Chinese Football Association still needs to think carefully about how to refine the competition rules and ensure the fairness and justice of the competition.
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the detailed rules for the implementation of salary reduction in domestic professional league matches are still pending scrutiny by all parties
after conducting video seminars with representatives of professional league clubs at all levels, the football association announced through official channels last night that, the representatives of the third-level club agreed in principle that the club and the players should try out the reasonable salary reduction of the unified standard of the whole team under the condition of full negotiation. It is understood that yesterday’s meeting did not produce more specific rules on this issue.
The Chinese Football Association confirmed, “after full discussion, representatives of the third-level professional football clubs of the Chinese Super League, the middle a and the Middle B said that they respected Fifa’s relevant guidance on handling player contracts and transfer under the influence of the epidemic, in principle, it is unanimously agreed that the club and the players should implement a reasonable salary reduction of the unified standards of the whole team under the condition of full negotiation. The salary reduction cycle will be from March 1, 202020to the opening day of the 2020 season league, the specific salary reduction plan guidance will be formulated and published by the working group of professional clubs, players, coach representatives and legal professionals organized by the Chinese Football Association.
The Chinese Football Association will continue to maintain close communication with various professional clubs and urge professional football practitioners to do a good job in epidemic prevention to ensure the health of players and staff, at the same time, it also calls on the participants of Chinese professional football to unite in difficult times and tide over difficulties together to jointly safeguard the overall situation of the healthy and stable development of this year’s league.
On the issue of salary reduction, the Chinese Football Association has also communicated with FIFA many times and won the support of FIFA. Matthias, deputy secretary general of FIFA football affairs, wrote to the Chinese Football Association specifically, saying: FIFA supports the positive attitude of the Chinese Football Association to help clubs, players and coaches negotiate and seek solutions, taking into account the interests of all parties. FIFA encourages the Chinese Football Association to form its own guiding suggestions in accordance with the guiding principles of FIFA and the applicable laws of the country, and in combination with the local reality. FIFA will fully assist the Chinese Football Association in handling football management affairs.”
It is worth noting that the representatives mentioned in the announcement of the Chinese Football Association are mainly the representatives who appeared at the main venue in Shanghai that day. According to the original plan, after the on-site working group meeting, the association will start to discuss relevant issues with other club representatives at 3:30 pm. At 6 p.m., several club leaders, including some Chinese Super League clubs, received a notice that the meeting was temporarily canceled. The Football Association explained to them, “because the representatives of the working group at this afternoon’s meeting put forward many useful suggestions and opinions, relevant departments such as the association’s legal affairs need to summarize and form a complete plan before reporting the relevant situation to the leaders of each club.”
From this, it is not difficult to see that although all parties have reached a consensus on the big principle of “pay reduction”, because there are many specific details involved, the actual conditions, operating conditions and development ideas of different clubs at different levels and at the same level are different. Therefore, even if the Chinese Football Association issues guiding opinions, I am afraid that it cannot be generalized, the club and its members need to properly implement the issue of “pay reduction” within the framework of legal rules.