The first batch of "grounded lists" of people involved in counterfeiting and gambling is on the way, and it will be announced as early as the end of this month

Reporter Cheng Shan reported The Chinese Super League has entered a break period, and the national football team has also started preparations for the top 18 matches, but the finishing work of Chinese football anti-corruption and anti-gambling is still in progress, among which the first batch of "banned lists" of people involved in fake gambling has been "on the way", which will be announced as early as the end of this month.

From August 19th to 21st, a number of courts in Hubei Province publicly sentenced Li Yuyi, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Fu Xiang, former secretary general of the Wuhan Football Association, Huang Song, former director of the Competition Department of the Chinese Football Association, Gu Jianming, former chairman of the Chengdu Football Association, and Ma Chengquan, the former chairman of the Chinese Super League, to 11 years, 11 years, 7 years, 6 years and 11 years and 3 months respectively. Previously, Chen Xuyuan, former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Yu Hongchen, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Dong Zheng, former general manager of the Chinese Super League, Chen Yongliang, former executive deputy secretary general of the Chinese Football Association and minister of the State Administration Department, and Liu Lei, former director of the competition department of the Wuhan Football Sports Management Center, were also publicly sentenced. In addition, although the relevant anti-gambling cases of the Ministry of Public Security have not been made public, the relevant verdicts have already been announced, and some of the players involved in the case have already received criminal punishments.

Although the legal aspects of the anti-corruption and anti-gambling are still in progress, with the public announcement of the verdict in some cases and the substantive verdict in some cases, the punishment at the industry level has always been the focus. The latest news shows that as soon as the end of this month, the first batch of punishment lists in the industry, that is, the "ban list" (those involved in serious cases, will be banned from engaging in the football industry) will be announced, and the news shows that the relevant matters have entered the established procedures. The list was already in shape in June, but the release time has been adjusted.

As for whether the "ban list" will be filed with the AFC and FIFA, there is no definite news yet, and there may be a more authoritative interpretation when the list is announced.

Fans are more concerned about the club's industry penalties. Compared with the punishment of individuals, the punishment of the club has a greater impact on the fans, because in the judgment of the Football Association's corruption case, it is constantly mentioned that there are clubs that pay bribes, so there have been various rumors in recent times. But so far, there has been no authoritative news outflow, and fans still have to wait. Theoretically speaking, penalties for professional clubs are inevitable, and depending on the severity of the case, the relevant industry penalties will also vary to varying degrees.

In the process of this anti-corruption and anti-gambling campaign, Chinese sports, including Chinese football, have also started to revise and supplement industry laws and regulations. Taking the Chinese Football Association as an example, on March 28, the "Interim Measures for the Reporting and Handling of the Problem of "Fake Gambling" of the Chinese Football Association was issued; On July 26, the "Implementation Rules for the Management of Style and Discipline of Football Events of the Chinese Football Association" was issued; On August 16, the "Measures for the Technical Assessment of Abnormal Competitions (Trial)" was issued, and the relevant measures are to further strictly control the competition style and discipline and the phenomenon of fake gambling.

During the two sessions this year, Liu Guoyong, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, also proposed adding a legislative clause on the crime of "manipulating sports competitions" to maintain the fairness of sports competitions and the stability of sports management order, and provide a strong guarantee for building a sports power.

The legal punishment and industry punishment of anti-corruption and anti-gambling are not the end, and only the normalization of Chinese sports, including Chinese football, including normalized judicial supervision, and substantive industry supervision, can avoid the breeding and spread of related corruption and fake gambling, and more importantly, avoid the phased collapse of Chinese football, corruption, and fake gambling, get out of the spiral circle, and achieve real development.