An announcement has put the CBA League, which is in the offseason, back in the spotlight. On the afternoon of February 19, the CBA company officially issued a notice that starting from the third phase of the regular season of the 2023-2024 CBA League, the official interview session on the sidelines after the game will be adjusted to only interview the head coach of the winning team in the game, and the head coach of the losing team will no longer participate in the official interview on the sidelines after the game, which has caused heated discussions in the basketball circle for a while.
Woe comes from the mouth There are a lot of fines
Regarding the adjustment of the official interview session on the sidelines after the game, the CBA company said in the announcement that it is to further improve the broadcast effect of the CBA league games, and at the same time, in order to better maintain the brand image of the CBA league, the head coach is required to strictly abide by the league discipline and system during the official interview and not make illegal remarks.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand the starting point for the CBA company to make the adjustment. So far this season, there have been many times when a number of head coaches have directly expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee's decision in the official interview session on the sidelines after the game, which has caused the CBA company to pay fines. According to statistics, including Guangzhou team coach Guo Shiqiang, Shenzhen team coach Zheng Yonggang, Ningbo team coach A Dijiang, Fujian team coach Zhu Shilong and others have made radical remarks in interviews after losing, and have been punished by the CBA official, and like Xinjiang team coach Qiu Biao, Nanjing team coach Xi Relijiang, Qingdao team coach Liu Weiwei, Guangdong team coach Du Feng and others have also expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee from the side. Prevention is better than prevention".
Although the head coach of the losing team no longer attends the official post-match courtside interviews, the CBA company still retains the right to participate in the post-game press conference. In contrast, the first interview of the head coach of the losing team after the game is prone to excessive remarks because of the top, but this is often their most real thoughts, and the post-game press conference is easier for the head coach of the losing team to calm down his emotions and anger because of the long break in the middle, so as to avoid some gaffes. In addition, the post-match press conference is not like the sideline interview will be broadcast in the form of live broadcast, and it is not easy to arouse public opinion in the first time.
Prevention is better than prevention, and treating the symptoms is not the root cause
The news sparked an uproar among fans. Whether the adjustment is good or bad can be said to be a matter of opinion, but most voices said that they were confused about CBA's move, and that the new policy was quite "one-size-fits-all".
Although most of the official interviews on the sidelines after the game are a bit of a formality, they have also given birth to many famous scenes of the CBA league, among which the most widely spread is the counterattack of Qingdao team coach Liu Weiwei when he heard the fans' dismissal after the game, so he was named "Coach Hum Grass", and this season, Zhejiang Guangsha coach Wang Bo also responded with the word "you come" when facing the fans' questions, which became the talk of fans after the game.
Many CBA coaches lost their temper in post-game interviews, and the reason for this was the level of referees in the CBA league. Although the credibility and authority of the referee need to be respected and protected by the official, it is obviously not a smart move to silence the head coach of the losing team with such an announcement, and it is even more likely to intensify the conflict between the coach and the referee. What's more, in today's ** era, the head coaches of each team can speak out through the social ** platform, and Qiu Biao, the coach of the Xinjiang team, posted an intriguing Weibo shortly after the regulation was adjusted: "Be a man and do things." ”
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that CBA companies have made a move that fans feel a little incomprehensible. The disappearing referee report and the evasive conflict footage have all attracted complaints from fans and even basketball insiders, and while the brand image of the CBA league has not been improved, there seem to be some signs of regression.
Coincidentally, in addition to the CBA league, the WCBA league has also rushed to the hot search of social ** because of referee problems recently. Wuhan Shengfan Club released "good news" on Weibo and awarded 100,000 yuan to player Ding Yi "No Fight Back Award", on the grounds that the player was knocked down by the opponent and did not fight back and avoided a fight. At the same time, the club also said that the referee on duty publicly blew the black whistle, breaking the five-year record of the WCBA league and blowing 43 free throws for the Wuhan team.
When the referee problem has been pushed to the forefront again and again, Chinese basketball plagued by negative ** should find a better way out of the quagmire, and I hope to be able to say at the end of the announcement of Wuhan Shengfan Club: "I hope that Chinese basketball will get better and better." ”