Data map: Shanxi Fenjiu stock team foreign aid Morand (white) layup in the game. On the same day, in the 27th round of the Chinese Men's Professional Basketball League (CBA) regular season in the 2019-2020 season, Shanxi Fenjiu shares defeated Zhejiang Guangsha Holdings at home 119 to 109. China News Agency reporter Wei Liangshe

　　Chinanews.com client Beijing, May 20 (Wang Hao) Recently, foreign aid in some professional leagues in China has become the focus of online discussions. Chinese Super League foreign aid Jin Minzao vomited his teammates in the variety show. The outside world worried that the CBA restart or the use of the all-Chinese class plan would affect the viewing of the game, and the representatives of multiple teams in mainland China on the poster of the League of Legends mid-season cup also caused controversy.

　　Under all the turmoil, what does foreign aid, a special group on the field, mean for Chinese professional sports?

Special "gold digger"

　　For China's professional leagues, the introduction of foreign aid is mainly to enhance competitiveness and game viewing. Foreign aid came to China to "work", to a large extent, because it can harvest relatively considerable income. Strength is directly proportional to salary. In leagues with greater domestic influence, it is also common for foreign aid to be paid higher than domestic athletes.

Data map: Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao team foreign aid Taliska (center) celebrates after scoring a goal. On the same day, in the 28th round of the Chinese Football Super League in the 2019 season, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao defeated Shanghai Shanggang 2-0 at home. China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

　　For example, the Chinese Super League, according to the new policy introduced by the Football Association at the end of 2019, the annual salary cap of newly signed domestic players is 10 million yuan before tax, the national football team can reach 12 million yuan before tax, and the annual salary cap of newly signed foreign aid is 3 million euros after tax ( About 23 million yuan).

　　CBA's domestic player salary cap this season is 9 million yuan, while foreign aid temporarily has no salary cap. In addition, according to domestic media reports, Liaoning men's basketball foreign aid Stephenson contract up to 4 million US dollars per year.

Liaoning men's basketball team announced that Stevenson joined.

　　However, it is quite realistic that due to lack of competitiveness and other reasons, many teams have to attract foreign aid to join them with high salaries. Behind the frequent high-price contracts, it is actually a bet that foreign aid adapts to the domestic arena and professional attitude. If the performance meets expectations, it is okay to take on the heavy responsibility of the team. Once the water and soil are not accepted, even strikes and conflicts, it is a disaster for both parties.

　　It is normal for professional athletes to compete for profit, and to attribute business to business is also a manifestation of the word "professional" in professional leagues. But in the relationship of two-way choice, the most expensive does not mean that it is suitable for yourself. Foreign aids need to carefully plan their careers while choosing high salaries. The recruitment of domestic teams also calls for rationality.

Most popular player poster. From the League of Legends official blog

Timing and Timing

　　Groups of foreign aid come and go in China's professional leagues, which must have a positive effect on the competitiveness and appreciation of these leagues.

　　Despite some controversy, sensible audiences will admit that without Kongka, Mulrich, and Elkson, Evergrande would have a hard time winning the first AFC championship for the Chinese Super League. Without Rookie (Song Yijin) and TheShy (Jiang Chengluo), iG would also have a hard time winning the first League of Legends World Championship for the LPL division.

　　In addition to working hard to help the team win the outstanding foreign aid, some will also actively integrate into the Chinese culture outside the arena. The statue of Marbury in front of the Wukesong Gymnasium in Beijing is also proof that foreign aid is welcomed and loved by domestic audiences.

　　However, there are still some foreign aids that not only do not add luster to the teams and leagues, but add blockages with all kinds of unbelievable actions. In the 2017 season, Tevez, 33, joined the Super League Shanghai Shenhua under the aura of world superstars. According to media reports, his annual salary is as high as 30 million euros, which not only became the player with the highest salary in the year, but also took the lead in the world football at that time.

Shenhua welcomes Tevez's poster.

　　But in the next season, he made only 4 goals for Shenhua in 20 appearances. Tevez once stayed in Shanghai during the league due to injuries, but was photographed playing with his family at Disneyland. After a season, Shenhua chose to break up with Tevez.

　　Later in an interview, Tevez said: "I regretted the first day of joining. This was one of the worst decisions I made in my career."

　　Tevez, who got cheap and sold well, is the epitome of a lot of foreign aid. They came to the Chinese League with honor, fame and fan expectations, but they did not leave their superb skills and professional attitude on the field or on the training ground. In addition to adding congestion to the team and fans, the role is more like a mascot with extremely low cost.

Screenshot of Shanghai Shenhua official blog.

Watch people "off dish"

　　From another perspective, the performance of foreign aid is also inextricably linked to the current development of the league itself. They took their bags and came to an unfamiliar environment, lacking effective restraints and pressing and upward competition. The relatively loose atmosphere will undoubtedly amplify the laziness and slackness of many foreign aid hearts.

　　For example, the Table Tennis Super League, although it is not the most influential league in China, but due to China ’s top table tennis players, foreign aid has changed from “technical poverty alleviation” to “learning and further education”. Over the years, the foreign aid of pingpong has generally maintained a relatively good professional attitude, and many of them have worked hard to integrate into Chinese culture.

　　And the strong teams in leagues like CBA's Guangdong Hongyuan have a relatively small chance of foreign aid appearing "thorns". This is because the competitive strength and management level of such teams is relatively good, and the strength gap between domestic players and foreign aid is relatively small.

Data map: Fukuhara loves to learn fluent Chinese in China.

　　Under such circumstances, foreign aid faces greater competitive pressure and needs to play a higher level, and will naturally work harder to train and compete.

　　However, those leagues or teams in the league that are not strong enough to use foreign aid as the only life-saving straw have less pressure on foreign aid, and the tolerance for "nonsense" of foreign aid has to be increased.

　　So although some leagues frequently encounter foreign aid vomiting, which makes people very angry, but because of their inferior skills, there is no way to go straight back. Can only be refuted as a movie line: "You can't say it even if it is true!"

Blacksmith need its own hardware

　　As the domestic epidemic prevention and control situation gradually improves, when the CBA league, which has been shut down since the Spring Festival, has become a concern for many people. In the discussion of the restart plan, foreign aid has become one of the focuses. Because some teams' foreign aid stays abroad, if they restart recently, they may miss the game.

Data map: The 2018-2019 season CBA finals contest ended, Guangdong Hongyuan team once again captured Xinjiang Red Mountain Stadium at 103: 98. Not only did he swipe his opponent 4: 0 to report his revenge two years ago, but he also reached the unprecedented ninth summit, surpassing the Bayi team to lead the CBA. Image source: Osports All Sports Pictures

　　Under such circumstances, the policy of the All-China Class appeared in some media reports. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the policy of the All-China Class, you must admit that without the participation of foreign aid, the appreciation of CBA will be greatly reduced.

　　The defending champion Guangdong team is one of the best CBA domestic players in the overall strength, but in their small ball play that these two seasons depend on, two foreign aids are very important links. This also represents the status quo of many professional leagues in China-foreign aid has become a part of its difficult to give up.

　　This is not a unique phenomenon in the Chinese professional league. In the top five European leagues, Messi, the top card of La Liga, Barcelona is an Argentinian, and Serie A, Juventus, the top card, Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese. It's just that the more developed professional league system and the higher level of local players make such "foreign aid" look as indispensable as the "foreign aid" coming to China.

Ronaldo (left) and Messi.

　　With the increasing development of professional sports around the world, the flow of excellent athletes has formed a trend. In most cases, the result is a win-win or even win-win situation.

　　The reason why foreign aid in China's professional leagues is controversial is that the local players in some projects are not strong enough, and the lack of relevant regulatory measures.

　　Rather than entangle the problems of foreign aid, it is better to give more attention to local players. I hope they will one day have the confidence to confront the foreign aid's Tucao. They can be well-deserved to be the representatives on the poster, and they can guarantee that the all-China class that is forced to appear is also wonderful! (Finish)