CBA match-fixing scandal Yao Ming resigns as chairman Xu Jicheng takes over

On May 24, 2023, Yao Ming resigned as chairman of the CBA for 6 years. The picture shows Yao Ming’s data map. (Image credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

[Look at China News, May 27, 2023](See comprehensive report by Chinese reporter Miao Wei) In recent yearsCBACorruption is rampant, and this year’s playoffs broke outMatch-fixing incidentthe Shanghai and Jiangsu men’s basketball teams were severely fined, and they have been in office for 6 yearschairmanYao Ming is to blame. According to the source,Yao MingHas recently resigned from the position of chairman of the CBA.

On May 24, the CBA official website issued a statement, thanking Yao Ming for his six years of service, but did not explain the reason for Yao Ming’s resignation. It only revealed that the board of directors decided that it was time to replace the new leadership. Xu Jicheng, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and senior sports reporter of Xinhua News Agency take over.

According to the Associated Press, in recent years, corruption allegations have plagued China’s CBA. In April this year, Jiangsu and Shanghai were both disqualified for the season due to alleged violations of sports ethics such as water release. He and the coaching staff were suspended for up to 5 years.

According to sources, Yao Ming, the 42-year-old chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, although he no longer serves as the chairman of the CBA, Chinese media still reported that Yao Ming was re-elected as the chairman of the FIBA ​​(International Basketball Association) Asia region, and he still has the opportunity to further aspire to the FIBA ​​chairmanship.

Yao Ming is a well-known Chinese basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets in the United States. He played in the NBA for 8 seasons before retiring in 2011 due to injury. Since 2017, Yao Ming has served as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and the chairman of the CBA.

Xu Jicheng, who succeeded Yao Ming, was once a basketball commentator for CCTV. He was a professional basketball player and has more than 50 years of basketball experience. During his work in the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, he successively served as the deputy director of the Media Operations Department of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, the deputy director of the News Media Propaganda Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and the director of the Media Operations Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee. .

Corruption scandals have plagued the CBA in recent years. Just last month, the Shanghai Men’s Basketball Team and the Jiangsu Men’s Basketball Team were expelled from the league finals for match-fixing in a CBA match and were severely fined. Afterwards, Yao Ming said in an interview that he felt “sad” about the match-fixing scandal.

This match-fixing scandal made Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, the number one most searched on Weibo and became the target of public criticism.

Not only that, but in March this year, the Xinjiang Guanghui Basketball Club issued an announcement, pointing the finger at Yao Ming, saying that the Chinese basketball industry is full of chaos, the intermediary business of the CBA League is highly concentrated, and the training of coaches and agent qualifications of the Basketball Association. Many businesses are contracted by a sports management company in large quantities, even exclusively.

According to Lu media, Yao Ming has encountered the greatest pressure since his career, if this matter is not handled well. It may directly affect your career.

Many corruption scandals have emerged in China’s basketball and football leagues. Six months ago, Li Tie, the former head coach of China’s national men’s football team, was sacked, which opened up a storm of purges in the football field. Up to now, at least 10 senior officials of the Football Association have been investigated.

Including Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of the Communist Party of China, Li Yuyi, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Hu Guangyu, deputy director of the Political and Legal Department of the General Administration of Sports of the Communist Party of China, Liu Yi, member of the 11th Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association and former secretary-general, Chinese Football Association Chen Yongliang, executive deputy secretary-general and head of the national team management department, Chen Xuyuan, chairman and deputy secretary of the party committee of the Chinese Football Association, Meng Jing, director and co-president of China Fortune Land Development, Wang Xiaoping, director of the Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association, Huang Song, director of the competition department of the Chinese Football Association, and others.

In addition, there are frequent scandals in the field of basketball. Li Yaguang, the former vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and the former head coach of the Chinese women’s basketball team, was investigated in February this year. The match-fixing scandal broke out again in the CBA league. Whether the incident will involve more officials has attracted public attention.

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2023-05-27 06:04:23
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