At noon on November 5, the Chinese Football Association announced through official channels that the Chinese Super League Hebei Football Club, Wuhan Changjiang Club and China Second Division Hunan Xiangtao Club were deducted 3 points from the corresponding professional leagues for failing to pay off their arrears as scheduled.

Because the Chinese Football Association's punishment is aimed at clubs that fail to settle 30% of the total wages by July 31, and the regulations require that all clubs with arrears must settle all wages in the 2021 season and before before December 31 this year Therefore, there are still some clubs facing a similar crisis, and additional penalties are also inevitable.

　　The Chinese Football Association stated in the announcement: "In order to further improve the implementation of the work of various professional football clubs to solve the problem of arrears of wages, I will publish the football word (2022) No. 121 on April 2, 2022, "Chinese Football Association on the 2022 Super League season." "Notice on Related Work of the League, China League One, and China League Two". According to the requirements of the notice, professional football clubs should settle the arrears of wages by no less than 30% of the total amount before July 31, 2022."

　　It is reported that the Chinese Football Association announced on July 7th Football Word ﹝2022﹞268 "Supplementary Notice of the Chinese Football Association on Further Implementing Policies Related to Professional Leagues at All Levels in the 2022 Season", and announced the football word on July 19. ﹝2022﹞297 "Notice of the Chinese Football Association on Publicly Accepting Complaint Materials Submitted by Relevant Persons".

　　The association said: "After receiving the "Wage Arrears Summary Form" submitted by professional football clubs in accordance with the above notice and the complaint materials submitted by the owed wages, I will compare and verify, and confirm with the relevant clubs. After the clubs submitted the relevant repayment proof materials based on the total amount of owed wages, I will conduct a preliminary review. On August 26, I will send a letter to the relevant clubs, requesting to provide supplementary explanatory materials before August 29 and related payment vouchers. After review, it was confirmed that Hebei Football Club, Wuhan Changjiang Football Club and Hunan Xiangtao Football Club failed to implement the above requirements in accordance with regulations. According to the relevant penalties in the Notice on Related Work of the First League and China Second League, Hebei Football Club, Wuhan Changjiang Football Club and Hunan Xiangtao Football Club have each deducted 3 points from the league points for the 2022 season. I will ask all professional football clubs again. We should attach great importance to the repayment of arrears. For clubs that fail to implement the notification requirements, once verified, they will be dealt with in accordance with regulations.”

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　　Can the "repayment" difficult households survive in the league?

　　After being deducted 3 league points respectively, the Super League points of the Chinese Super League team this season become 0 points.

The points of Wuhan Yangtze River has become 15 points, which is the same as that of the Guangzhou City team, which is temporarily ranked third from the bottom in the standings. The goal difference is 3 more than that of the Guangzhou City team.

The Beiqing Daily reporter confirmed after verification that the points deducted by Hunan Xiangtao team are the points of the first stage group stage of the Chinese League Two this season.

At that time, they only accumulated 3 points, but the penalty penalty did not involve the second-stage relegation group points of the team.

　　It is worth noting that the review work of the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory group for the second phase of the club's arrears settlement of no less than 70% of the total amount (to be implemented at the latest on October 31) is still in progress.

This means that if the club fails to make up the arrears in proportion to the time limit, it will still be punished.

For the "repayment" difficult households such as Hebei Club and Wuhan Changjiang Club, in addition to "relegation", whether they can continue to survive in the professional league is a key issue that deserves their more attention.

　　This group of articles / reporter Xiao Xun co-ordinator / Du Rui

　　Beijing Youth Daily