Having been on the football field for many years, Gong Jianping has witnessed and participated in the ups and downs of Chinese football. He is well aware that sports are not only an activity to showcase the comprehensive strength of the country, but also to promote economic development.
However, with the rise of Chinese football, money has gradually eroded this sport, and ugly phenomena such as black whistles and match-fixing have emerged in endlessly. Gong Jianping is in it, but he sticks to his bottom line and does not stick to it.
However, a wrong decision left him in a quagmire from which he could not extricate himself. He became the scapegoat of the corrupt dark football world, and eventually went to prison for the Black Sentinel, and died two years later due to an unknown blood disease.
His funeral, which was supposed to be attended by only 200 people, attracted thousands of people to mourn. At the funeral, his wife wept blood, cried out for grievances and pledged to "take revenge."
However, despite the deceased, the mystery left by this incident remains unsolved. What we can do is to use this incident to warn future generations that sports is a healthy and positive activity.
If you lose your heart in it, no matter how brilliant your achievements are, they will be illusory after all, just like a mirage. Sport is an important activity, both for individuals and for countries.
We should cherish this activity and always maintain our love and respect for sports. We should stick to our bottom line, not be moved by money, and not be confused by fame and fortune.
Only in this way can we find real joy in sports and realize our own value.
In 1978, 18-year-old Dou Jianping became the first batch of college entrance examination candidates after the resumption of the college entrance examination with his own efforts, and entered Beijing Normal University. Since then, his life has been inextricably linked to sports.
Dou Jianping is a reserved and steady person, he comes from an ordinary working family, and he knows how difficult it is for him to get into college. He loves sports from the bottom of his heart. The four years of college were fleeting, and after graduating, Dou Jianping came to a middle school as a physical education teacher.
When he first arrived at the school, he saw the children playing on their own on the irregular field, and there was no football team. Dou Jianping was full of enthusiasm, first establishing a student team in the middle school, and then a workers' team and a Huairou football team.
He led his team to participate in various competitions, and gradually became a well-known football coach in Beijing's sports circle from an ordinary middle school physical education teacher. All this is inseparable from his conscientiousness and professionalism towards the team.
In 1982, Dou Jianping officially started his career as a football referee. After ten years of hard work, at the age of 31, he obtained a national first-class coach certificate, and at the age of 41, he was elected by the Chinese Football Association as one of only seven international referees in China.
After that, he returned to his alma mater. Chinese football and Dou Jianping's life are closely linked. In the heyday of football, there was a black whistle scandal, and at the peak of his career, he also ended his refereeing career because of the investigation turmoil.
In the first year that Gong Jianping became an international referee, the Chinese Football Association implemented the incentive policy of "A only rises in 2001 and does not fall in 2002" in order to impact the World Cup.
However, this policy did not have the desired positive effect and instead revealed the dark side within the Football Association. With the fierce progress of the game, the "A B Five Rats Case" in the football circle finally broke out, which aroused widespread attention and discussion.
This incident not only caused an uproar among ** and fans, but also triggered an anti-corruption storm, which made the entire football world panic. In the aftermath of the Five Rats case, the Football Association acted quickly and dealt with the five teams.
However, blowing the black whistle was not uncommon in football at that time, and if the Chinese Football Association made a large-scale rectification, it would have a significant impact on the internal stability and external image of the Football Association.
On January 15, the list of 8 referees suspected of violating the rules was made public, including Gong Jianping. According to reports, in a match in September 2001, Gong Jianping was accused of blowing a black whistle in a match between Greentown and Zhongyuan, and the Zhejiang Greentown football team was one of the five rats in the rectification incident.
Yan Shiduo, deputy director of the Football Association at the time, said at the briefing that as long as the referee confessed and refunded, he would not be punished or punished. Gong Jianping received a ** from Song Weiping of the Greentown football team at this time, saying that he had told Gong Jianping about receiving money during the investigation.
Although Gong Jianping believed that he did not take the initiative to collect money, but they gave it to him, and the amount was not large, in order to reduce the impact of this turmoil on his career, he took the initiative to hand over the stolen money.
However, his confession was not treated in a low-key manner, instead making him a scapegoat for the Football Association.
Gong Jianping was convicted of the crime, and the personnel involved in the Football Association were all at large. Gong Jianping was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and his family appealed against the verdict, but the result remained unchanged.
He confessed honestly in prison and did not involve others. However, his family was torn apart. On Chinese New Year's Eve 2003, Gong Jianping had just been sentenced to 10 years in prison, while his parents were old, his daughter was not married, and his wife was left alone.
Unexpectedly, "News Network" broadcast the news, which made the Gong family fall into a deathly silence. At the moment when the lawyer arrived, Gong's mother could no longer support herself and knelt down in front of the lawyer.
On the way to the hospital, Gong's father fainted due to a stroke. Their passbooks were handed over and no money was returned except for the remainder of the stolen money. This once happy family of five is now shattered, leaving only endless desolation.
Gong Jianping became seriously ill in prison, with a high fever that began in May, deteriorated in June, and was even given a critical illness notice before the trial. The pre-trial officer of the detention center also felt strange and asked him about his diet several times.
After the second trial, Gong Jianping was granted the right to be released on medical parole, but due to his poor family background, he could not afford the high medical expenses. At this time, his friends in the Football Association avoided him, Gong Jianping deeply felt that he was behind the black pot and became a street rat that everyone avoided, and he always regarded the serious illness of Gong's father and mother as his own mistake, and his condition was further aggravated.
In the twenty-eighth month after being imprisoned, Gong Jianping died of illness. At the funeral, Gong Jianping's wife was grief-stricken and vowed to avenge him. Many mourners included his middle school teacher, neighbors and colleagues, and the small memorial hall carried the grief of countless people.
Nowadays, many fans lament that Gong Jianping is not the darkest referee, and can even be said to be a conscientious law enforcer. Both fans and ** agree that he should not be the first person to be sentenced for black whistles, let alone the last person to be sentenced.
Everyone is responsible for their actions, and Gong Jianping's sentence is not unjust, but those who deserve more than him are still at large. Football is a pure sport, but athletes and referees are carried away by money.