I don’t know if I was brainwashed by the news that the Chinese Super League was selected as the eighth largest league in the world. The Football Association is preparing to expand the Chinese Super League.

Following the increased salary limit and the requirement for clubs to change their gender-neutral names, on the 18th, the Football Association issued "Several Measures to Further Promote the Reform and Development of Football", announcing that the Chinese Super League will expand to 18 teams by 2023. , and implement the "men's football team leading women's football team" model.

Not only the Chinese Super League, according to the Football Association’s plan, by 2023, the Chinese League One will also expand to 20 participating teams, and the Chinese League Two will expand to about 30 participating teams.

The so-called "men's football team leading women's football team" model is to establish a professional women's football team as one of the conditions for entry into the Chinese Super League club, in order to promote the development of women's football.

Previously, the Chinese Super League was rated as the eighth largest league in the world, relying on its strong audience base and the club’s sky-high investment. Now that there is a salary limit, the Football Association probably wants to find it from another aspect - at least the participating teams must be the same as those in the top leagues.

However, the chain reaction caused by the expansion is that the relegation quota in the Chinese Super League will become 0.5 in 2021 and 2022, while the Chinese Super League will have 1.5 promotion quotas.

Many fans are asking: Can they still watch the Chinese Super League in the past two years?

First of all, the salary limit has caused "super foreign players" to leave one after another, which will inevitably reduce the attractiveness and excitement of the league. Nowadays, 0.5 relegation places basically means no relegation. The bottom-ranked team still has a chance to "survive". So where is the motivation for the club? Will there be more and more weird situations like this year's TEDA relegation after winning one game?

As for the Football Association’s decision to expand, some experts said that the Chinese Super League is originally a “pseudo-professional” league, and many things are not entirely market-oriented. There are too many administrative intervention methods, including “men’s football leaders”. Women's Football" and the "barriers to entry" of having to change their gender-neutral names. No matter whether we limit salary or expand the army, we can not solve the problem of shortage of supply and weak reserve force from the root.

After the expansion, it seems that the professional football population has increased and the professional football club lineup has expanded. However, the level of Chinese football has not improved, the environment has not improved, and the attractiveness to capital will only decrease again and again.

Some fans directly criticized: "Let's settle the salary arrears first. What's the use of having more teams if the level is not enough?" No matter how many teams are scared away, no one will watch.”

Some people said bluntly: “Have all the 16 teams in the Chinese Super League sold out?”

Some people even said directly. Extending the topic to the club's name change announced a few days ago, "In the past, you could still lose money and make money, but now corporate names are not allowed to appear. So what is the motivation for these investors to engage in football?"

Indeed. , on another "battlefield", many clubs are still worried about changing their names. Regardless of whether they are Beijing fans or not, many people are "begging" for Guoan. Some people directly stated the reason why Guoan should be retained: "Because it represents Guotai and Minan, other teams must follow the rules."

Fans of other teams also gave up, "Henan Jianye represents achievement", "Yongchang will always be prosperous", "Evergrande will always be strong"...

There are still people who directly go to the National Fitness Campaign. "Support, limit the salary, expand the team, and let more people participate."

Look, how difficult it is for Chinese fans, and what kind of mentality they have.

However, I am really worried about the Football Association. They have to introduce a women’s football team and change their gender-neutral name. Are you sure the clubs won’t rise up? Don’t wait until the military expansion fails and then drawdown...