There is a lot of news about the early comeback of former head coaches of the CBA team Li Nan and Li Chunjiang this summer, such as the Beijing Shougang men's basketball team took the lead in announcing that Li Nan has joined their coaching staff and will become an advisor to the Beijing Shougang team in the new season. Subsequently, the Shanxi team announced that Coach Li Chunjiang would join the team and also serve as the team's advisor. However, the CBA head office is against this, and fans have expressed different opinions, and given the above situation, the CBA may issue the strongest ban this summer.
According to Hou Xiangfeng, vice chairman of the Shanxi Basketball Association and senior media person, posted a video on social media on July 29 to break the news that the Basketball Association and the CBA Corporation have made clear regulations on Li Chunjiang and Li Nan's upcoming consultants, and they (Li Chunjiang and Li Nan) are not allowed to appear in the club's public games in any public capacity, including shareholders, investors, managers, consultants, coaching staff members, team leaders, video analysts, physical fitness coaches, team doctors, and even water cooler administrators. In other words, they were completely cut off from being allowed to enter any CBA team for public service during the stipulated ban period.
At the same time, they are not allowed to direct the game in any direct or indirect form, and they are not even allowed to appear in the first 10 rows of the crowd at the venue. In addition, their positions with any club are not allowed to be introduced to the public. Look at the ban above, if it is true, it is amazing, and it also shows that the CBA's ban is really in place, not just empty talk, or has a certain influence and enforcement.
Previously, when Li Nan first joined the Beijing Shougang men's basketball team, some fans said that the CBA policy may be loosened, let experienced coaches assist Xu Limin to guide, and wait until Li Nan's three-year ban expires before taking over the head coach of the Beijing Shougang men's basketball team, everything is logical. At that time, most fans thought so, and even the Beijing Shougang men's basketball team may have planned to do so. But later, Li Chunjiang's guidance to join the Shanxi team was vetoed by the Basketball Association and the CBA Corporation, and fans began to question the fairness of the CBA Corporation and the Basketball Association. In view of this situation, the CBA head office has the above severe ban.
The game in April last year did have a great adverse impact, and it once rushed to the hot search after the game, and the Basketball Association and CBA had to order a thorough investigation, and then the head coach of the Shanghai team, Li Chunjiang, was banned for 5 years, and the head coach of the Jiangsu team, Li Nan, was banned for 3 years, and the general managers of both teams were punished to varying degrees. At that time, the investigation results given by the CBA did not involve "match-fixing", but only said that they played negatively, which was already considered "extrajudicial favor". If it is really found that match-fixing is involved, the two head coaches, including the general managers of the two teams, will be banned for life, and it is not impossible to be banned from the professional basketball industry for life.
Therefore, although Coach Li Chunjiang and Coach Li Nan are very strong, not only leading the CBA team to win the championship, but also leading the men's national basketball team to achieve good results in competitions such as the Asian Cup, Asian Championships, and Asian Games, they cannot ignore the rules. Stay during the ban, either study abroad, work as an assistant coach at a club abroad, or just stay at home and rest for a few years. It is unlikely that they will study abroad at their age, but after a few years the ban is lifted, there are still many CBA teams willing to hire them as head coaches.
As a professional basketball person, you should always abide by the rules and respect the rules, and some red lines are resolutely untouchable, which is not only the bottom line of the Basketball Association and the CBA, but also the bottom line that every professional athlete, coach and other professional basketball staff should abide by.