In the 2023 CBA regular season, the referee's decision caused widespread controversy, and fans and ** questioned it. Although the Chinese Basketball Association once held a briefing in a hurry and informed that the accuracy rate of referees blowing penalties reached 91% last season, the root cause of the referee problem has not been fundamentally solved. This article will provide you with an in-depth analysis of the referee system, competition mechanism, and Yao Ming's dilemma from multiple perspectives, and present you with a full picture of CBA referee issues.
The referee's ticket is released
Recently, the CBA company announced that it would punish the coaching of Guo Shiqiang of the Guangzhou team and Zhu Shilong of the Fujian team. From a penalty point of view, this seems to be a natural outcome. However, to truly understand the reasoning behind this decision, we need to dig deeper into the problems that exist in the CBA refereeing system.
Flaws in the adjudication system
CBA referees have gradually lost their sense of competitiveness and crisis in recent seasons and have become irreplaceable. This allows them to administer their matches with impunity in their personal preference and character. Once upon a time, it was a regular practice to bring in foreign referees in the playoffs to ensure the fairness of the game and the high level of refereeing. However, after the abolition of this practice, the CBA's referees have lost the mechanism of supervision and evaluation, making it difficult to effectively improve the quality of their decisions.
Lack of competition
In the past season, CBA companies will introduce foreign referees in the playoffs to improve the level and fairness of the game. This approach can to some extent balance the lack of domestic referees, while also providing an acceptable explanation for fans and coaches. However, after the abolition of this practice, the referees of the CBA lost the opportunity to benchmark with the international level, and also lacked a competition mechanism, resulting in their own level not being able to improve in time.
Yao Ming's dilemma
Yao Ming, president of the Chinese Basketball Association, faces a difficult choice: whether to bring in large-scale foreign referees. On the one hand, this may cause resistance from domestic referees, as they will lose some opportunities to enforce the law. On the other hand, if the problems of the current referee system continue to be tolerated, the reputation and level of the CBA league will be threatened.
The solution
In order to solve the problem of CBA referees, it is first necessary to establish a competition mechanism and a supervision and evaluation system. The introduction of foreign referees is not the only option, but it can at least provide a reference for domestic referees. At the same time, establish an assessment and evaluation system for referees, conduct internal investigation and punishment for obvious misjudgments and omissions, and ensure the professional level of referees and fair law enforcement.
The controversy over refereeing in the CBA regular season is not accidental, but a manifestation of the deep-seated problems in the refereeing system. As the chairman of the Basketball Association, Yao Ming needs to improve the overall level of referees through reform mechanisms while safeguarding the rights and interests of domestic referees. Only in this way can the CBA gain a foothold on the international basketball stage and achieve a higher level of competition and refereeing.
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