Access to professional leagues has been tightened, and the Football Association will crack down on false signatures on salary confirmation forms

Reporter Chen Yong reports At the end of each year, league access is the topic that fans are most concerned about, this reporter learned that the league access in the 2025 season will be further tightened, although the Chinese Football Association still continues the model of the salary confirmation form, but the Chinese Football Association will crack down on false signatures, as well as the use of arbitration to fool the practice.

In the past few seasons, league access has been a problem, on the one hand, many clubs have chosen to withdraw due to financial problems, on the other hand, the Chinese Football Association has actually been forced to take a lot of compromises in order to ensure the normal progress of the league: first, and most typically, is to postpone the deadline for league access to give clubs more time and space; Second, league access is based on the salary confirmation form, and the arbitration case is not included in the current season's admission assessment, but in the subsequent year's admission assessment.

In terms of access, each club also "shows its own talents", and the use of arbitration to fool the way is one way, and what is even more incomprehensible is that some clubs have chosen to sign falsely, that is, the signature on the final wage confirmation form submitted is not signed by the player himself.

For example, the club asks the player to sign on the grounds of dissolution, which is still within the scope of the rules, because the ultimate consequence of this practice is that the player signs in person, no matter what kind of promise or "threat" the player signs, at least the salary confirmation form is real. Of course, this practice of the club is actually very bad, but from the level of the rules, if the player chooses to sign, it actually means that he voluntarily chooses to give up his own rights and interests, because the player has the right to refuse to sign. From a sensible point of view, there is no need for players to sign because it would lead to a deeper trap, but there are always many players who choose to compromise.

Even so, the reporter learned that there are still some clubs who choose to sign falsely, which is not only a violation of the rules, but also an extremely bad and even illegal or even criminal behavior.

The 2025 season of China's third-level professional league access, the core of which is to crack down on false signatures, all clubs' salary confirmation forms will be publicized, if there is a false signature, or suspected of false signatures, once the complaint is received, the Chinese Football Association intervenes, if the club can not come up with sufficient evidence to prove that the wages that should be paid, the club will not be able to admit.

This rule is that everyone is responsible for their own signing, and if it is their own signing, and no matter what kind of game takes place in between, it means that you have given up your rights. But if the club violates the rules and makes false signatures, the players should not hesitate to take up the weapon of defending their rights and not give the club a chance to fish in troubled waters.

League access, theoretically speaking, the bank statement of submitting wages is the most direct and effective method, but according to the bank flow access, there are also several levels of problems, one, at least for the time being, the league management can not falsify or confirm the bank statement, which actually brings a series of problems; Second, some clubs' accounts are banned, and their players' salaries are paid through third-party institutions such as sports bureaus, which can also cause problems. There is currently no feasible way to access bank flows, unless there are corresponding measures at the national level.

For the access of the Chinese professional league, stricter access is the trend, from the rules of view, if it is a real salary confirmation form, it will naturally have due legal effect, therefore, the Chinese Football Association is currently cracking down on false signatures first. It should be noted that if there is a false signature of the salary confirmation form, in addition to not being admitted, you may also have to bear legal liability.

At present, what we expect is that every player should be cautious about the signing of the salary confirmation form, and if there is a false signature, the victim can not only appeal to the Chinese Football Association to decide whether the club can be admitted, but also resort to the relevant judicial authorities to severely punish the relevant fraudsters from the legal level.

Chinese football needs to follow the FIFA regulations, and problems at the football level should be solved at the football level, but football is not a place outside the law after all, and the judicial organs have full power to intervene in illegal acts, especially criminal acts.