Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 559 Smoke-free industry
Beginning in 2004, the two titles Jia A and Jia B will become a thing of the past, and the new league will be divided into four levels, China Super League, China A, China B and China C. The number of Chinese Super Leagues will increase to Sixteen teams, the number of China A and China B is the same as [-], and the number of China C is not limited, and the competition of China C is different from other third-level leagues. It is not a round-robin game, but a divisional game. In the first half of the year The divisional leagues of the five regions will be conducted according to the region. The top two will qualify, and then the finals will be held in the second half of the year. The schedule will be divided into two groups to play a round robin. In the second division league, and this divisional competition is not the past game system, it is also a league system, playing home and away games, and entering the finals according to the ranking, and the venue of the finals is not BJ, but their respective home courts.

Due to the relatively large military expansion in 04, A will be upgraded to four and down to two in 03, and A B will be upgraded to six and down to two. In addition to the two teams and the six teams that were promoted, the other teams retained 03 teams to enter the second division in 04 according to the results, and the rest of the teams were classified as the third division.

In this way, in addition to the unlimited number of C-level leagues, there are 48 teams in the Super League, the first-level and the second-level teams. There are only 03 such teams, and 28 have been added in one go. If it weren't for the fact that many second-tier clubs have fairly standard hardware facilities, the Football Association really would not dare to take such a big step.

In the first year of the professional league, a total of 48 teams across the country participated in the second division league that year, and Pei Wei's Yunjiatianyu broke through under such cruel circumstances and created a small team. Miraculous.But the situation at that time was special. The professional team system had just ended, and basically the larger cities still retained their previous city or provincial teams, so there was such a grand event.However, after the development of the professional league, without the hematopoietic function, and after losing the capital investment of the sports committee, these teams were disbanded one after another. Players who are lucky can find a new home, and those who are unlucky can only be laid off. , After receiving a meager amount of compensation, they tried to find a way out. For a long time, the number of teams in the second division basically remained at around 21.After entering the 2002st century, after the league became more and more prosperous and the Football Association stipulated that "registered clubs are not allowed to change their city residence at will", some groups that wanted to invest in football formed a considerable number of second-tier clubs. In the middle of [-], the number of clubs in the second division has increased to nearly forty, and has basically returned to the level of its heyday.

It took Chinese football nine years to restore the second division, which should be the cornerstone of the first division, to the level before the start of the professional league. Although the number has decreased, the quality has increased a lot—the current In addition to not having their own home court (the second division is a tournament system and does not need their own home court), other clubs in the second division have very complete facilities, and the level of players has also been greatly improved. The players eliminated from the league have been accepted by these second-tier clubs, and they also have quite good training facilities, which are quite different from those poor and nothing teams under the professional team system. It is the biggest confidence for the Football Association to expand its army.

The pyramid-shaped class is applicable no matter what industry it is used in, whether it is a national society or a specific industry, it is the same. It is impossible for a society to have all the top classes. exception.

The relegation and relegation regulations for this expansion are also perfect, and the number of relegated teams remains the same-because the biggest attraction of a league besides winning the championship is relegation. Football Association officials who already know the importance of the league certainly do not They will do things that make the league unattractive, and expanding the number of teams to upgrade becomes the only way. After introducing a lot of fresh blood who are proficient in league rules and economics, the Football Association will not adopt that idiotic two-year league The method of bundling results to determine the Super League quota - that method has even appeared in history that a team must lose in the last game to qualify for the Super League - Pei Wei has not been able to figure it out until now I don't know why this happens, and I don't know what kind of genius brain it takes to come up with such a genius suggestion.

Just like the joke said on the Internet, the Chinese Football Association said that our next step is to study the rules of losing to win the championship.

Only by losing the game can we avoid relegation-a considerable black humor in Chinese football in the previous life.

Let’s put aside those dark days, and let’s get back to the point—the total of 48 teams in the Chinese Super League, China A and China B three-tier clubs is only temporary. If the league runs well, then in the next few years, The Football Association will gradually expand the number of Chinese League One teams to 54, the number of League Two teams to [-], and the number of Chinese Super League teams will remain the same. In this way, [-] professional teams in three levels are enough to digest There are young players trained by domestic football schools, not to mention the number of third-tier teams.

Even if it can’t be fully digested, Chinese football can still export talents to the outside world—especially outstanding ones can go to European and South American leagues, and relatively poor ones can also play in other Asian countries. It is difficult, but it is still no problem for Chinese players to gain a foothold in the second- and third-tier leagues in Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore, and these places also welcome Chinese players because there are more Chinese in these places.

What's more, there is the Hong Kong League. The history of the Hong Kong League is the longest in Asia. In history, there are also a large number of Guangdong players who have gone to Hong Kong to play football. This has expanded a way out for Chinese players.

After having so many selections, it can be expected that the Chinese national team will maintain a strong strength for a long period of time-the strength of the national team also depends on the wide selection of materials, and Brazil is not only Relying on a few world superstars to win the world, they have the kind of foundation that "can form two national teams to compete for the World Cup championship" is the reason why they are called the football kingdom.

After the league expansion plan came out, the A-A clubs didn't have much reaction. The impact of this expansion is the least. There is still only one champion, and there are still two relegated, but A-B and the B-level clubs The CEOs are very excited, the expansion of the army means that there is hope to go further, and those groups that have invested in the second-tier teams for several years but have no effect have also given up the idea of ​​​​giving up-there are six promotion indicators for the second-tier league this year. Still can't make it?Even if they can't win, the second-tier teams can have their own home court in the future, so there is a need for investment!

In the past, the second division league was not so popular. In addition to its small influence, the tournament system is also a big aspect. Clubs can only play games in non-local stadiums. Of course, they cannot attract the attention of local fans. After the home game, the local TV station will broadcast it anyway, right?There are also some fans who are going to watch the game live, right?As long as the fans talk about their group's name and the club together, this investment will not be considered a waste of money!As long as there is an advertising effect, these groups don't care if they spend tens of millions of dollars a year, and it's not enough to just advertise!
In the past, playing in the second division was a one-shot deal that burned money. Even if the money for reaching the first B was not in vain, the money for not making it to the first B would be considered a waste of money, and there was no way to get it back.And now even if it is impossible for CCTV to broadcast the second division league, local TV stations will still broadcast it. Today, when the broadcast fee has become popular, there will be more or less some broadcast fee in hand, plus the billboards in the stadium, The income from the tickets for the fans to enter the stadium and play in the second division is no longer a waste of money without any return, but a long-term investment. It is impossible for those shrewd businessmen to fail to see this.

Of course, the conditions for forming a club are very strict now. In addition to hardware facilities, the requirements for software facilities are also very high. In the future, the third-tier clubs must also have at least three teams of different ages besides the first team. There are five echelons in the second-tier clubs, and at least seven clubs in the first-tier and Chinese Super League. These echelons also have the same number of training grounds, training facilities and gyms. Of course, this is for those clubs that have been established for a long time. Not a problem at all, especially Yunjiatianyu, their echelons have reached an astonishing ten teams - from the seven-year-old to the reserve team, almost every age group has a complete echelon of at least 25 people, although other clubs are not so Abnormal, but it is not too difficult to have seven echelons-there are a lot of young players now.

"Businessmen are the most shrewd. As long as they see that there may be benefits, they will not begrudge the initial investment."

Not long after that press conference was held, letters to apply for the formation of second-tier clubs flew to the Football Association's office like a snowflake. According to preliminary statistics, more than fifty clubs participated in the second-tier league in 03. In the team, except for the six lucky teams entering next year's League B and the [-] top-ranked teams staying in next year's League B, the other teams will form the main body of next year's League C.

"Look, with the addition of so many professional clubs, how many employment problems will be solved? How many middle-class people with good incomes and idleness will become fans, spending the money originally invested in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling on football? How many cities will it drive economic development? 'Football is a smoke-free industry', how true is this sentence!"

Grabbing a bunch of letters, Xu Bing said to Wan Junsheng happily.

PS: I have a cold. If my head is not so dizzy at night, I will update a chapter. If my head is very dizzy, I will go to bed...

Forgot to say, this chapter is an update of the 220th vote.

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