On December 28, the State General Administration of Sport published on its official website the reply letters of 19 sports-related proposals of the fourth meeting of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which replied to the proposal No. 4968 (Medical Sports No. 624) ("Proposal on the Urgent Revitalization of Chinese Football") from five aspects, and the most concerned by the outside world is the fourth point "Suggestions on Strengthening the Management of Football Players", which clearly stipulates the tattoos of national players.
The reply letter reads: Among the specific requirements for national team athletes at all levels, the national team and U23 national team athletes are strictly prohibited from having new tattoos (should be "wen", the same below), and those who have tattoos are advised to remove their tattoos on their own, and if there are special circumstances, they must cover the tattoos during training and competition after the consent of the team; the U20 national team and the following national teams at all levels are strictly prohibited from recruiting athletes with tattoos.
It is not uncommon for sports authorities to issue tattoo bans on national players. At the China Cup at the end of March 2018, players such as Wei Shihao, Gao Lin and He Chao either wrapped in tape or wore long-sleeved jerseys in the game, in order to cover the tattoo. At that time, Zhang Linpeng was originally selected for the List of the China Cup, and everyone arrived in Nanning, but suddenly announced his withdrawal because he had too many tattoos. It is reported that there are other players who have been excluded from the China Cup list because of tattoos and hair problems. The incident caused a heated discussion in the outside world at the time.
Although the Football Association did not explicitly issue a document prohibiting tattoos at that time, the relevant national brands and clubs received "notices". It is understood that the source of the ban was in the 2017 East Asian Cup, when the General Administration of Sport invited several football elders to watch the game, and as a result, the shape of some players caused dissatisfaction among the elders, thinking that they did not play well, but they made fancy and made so many tattoos.
Since 2018, the Football Association has begun to rectify the tattoo problem of the national team, including the Chinese Cup, a series of warm-up matches, although there is no refusal to have tattoos, but during the game, they have covered the tattoos, even in the 2019 Asian Cup, some players with obvious tattoos on their arms such as Shi Ke wrapped their left arms with tape, and Zhang Linpeng wore a close-fitting long-sleeved lining inside the half-sleeve jersey.
In addition to obscuring the tattoo during the game, in the family portraits and promotional photos taken by the national team, the tattoos in the obvious position of the players will be post-processed P.
In the reply letter, the General Administration also said that the Chinese Football Association has revised the "Measures for the Management of National Team Athletes of the Chinese Football Association", which puts forward clear disciplinary requirements for national team athletes at all levels. National teams at all levels will strictly implement the relevant requirements of the "Management Measures", effectively strengthen the management of the life, training and competition of national team athletes, fully demonstrate the positive and upward spirit of Chinese football players, and set a good social example. National teams at all levels will further organize and carry out various forms of ideological and political education activities, strengthen the patriotic education of national team athletes, enhance the sense of mission, responsibility, and honor, and build a national team that can fight well and have a good work style.
It is worth mentioning that before the ban on tattoos by the Football Association, there was a staunch anti-tattooer in Chinese football, he was Jia Xiuquan. After becoming the national youth coach in 2017, he made it clear in an interview with this newspaper that he hated all forms of hair dyeing and tattoos, "Now the players have these, if you want to have a chance to be selected next time, then dye my hair back and wash the tattoos for me." ”
Jia Xiuquan said he knew a lot of Beckham tattoos, "but what is the purpose of foreign player tattoos, do we really know?" We are Chinese, in the traditional Chinese culture, how many young children do you see tattooed? ”
Jia Xiuquan believes that young players should put all their minds on football, want to show personality, should "speak with their feet", "you are sharper than others, faster than others, better than others to shoot footwork, this is personality." ”
It should be pointed out that although China's neighboring Japan and South Korea also have player tattoos, such as South Korea's beauty goalkeeper Zhao Xianyou, it is not much compared to China, in addition, the Japanese Football Association has privately communicated with tattooed internationals, requiring them not to show tattoos, so as not to cause a bad impact on children.
For this explicit tattoo ban, the outside world has praised and bulleted, in addition, foreign media have also paid attention, of which Sky TV said that this move is to set a good social example.