Oh my, finally someone is directly confronting the CBA league referees. I've been watching basketball games for ten years, and I've never seen a player dare to be so aggressive towards the referees.
Of course, there are tough guys like Sun Minghui, Wang Zhelin, Guo Ailun, as well as championship coaches Du Feng of the Guangdong team and Yang Ming of the Liaoning team. They only dare to raise their doubts and angrily confront the referees face-to-face, but they would never engage in excessive physical actions.
But this time, Zhao Rui directly chest-bumped the referee.
During the game between Xinjiang team and Shandong team, Zhao Rui was scoring on a layup when he was hit by Shandong's foreign aid Gali and slammed into the basketball hoop. However, the sideline referee who witnessed all this did not make any call.
What's even more infuriating is that in the face of Zhao Rui's very emotional appeal, the sideline referee not only did not come forward with kind words to soothe and explain his missed call at the first opportunity, but instead gave a harsh T, provoking Zhao Rui's physical collision.
Everyone knows what happened next. Zhao Rui was expelled from the game and disqualified, and then he was determined by Beijing Sports Company of China Basketball League to have seriously violated the spirit of sportsmanship and "Disciplinary Code of Chinese Men's Professional Basketball League," causing adverse effects on the CBA league. In order to maintain league discipline, Zhao Rui was given a five-game suspension and a fine of 100,000 yuan.
After the notice of punishment was released, Zhao Rui, the Xinjiang team, and the referees became hot topics of discussion.
From the comments of the fans, although many people believe that Zhao Rui's suspension will plunge the Xinjiang team's recent hard-won improving results into even more difficulties, they still cheer for Zhao Rui and support him by saying:
"CBA referees are too amateurish. Why can't players complain when they miss calls? As soon as they complain, they threaten them with technical fouls. If Zhao Rui is to be severely punished, this referee should also be severely punished. We support Zhao Rui."
"There have been controversial calls in many recent games, which clearly shows the level of the referees. I suspect some referees are deliberately influencing the outcome of the game for profit."
"Every time it's the referees causing trouble, and then the players have to pay the price."
"After watching the game, you know that the referees are really unprofessional. The lack of professionalism of the referees leads to a series of emotional reactions later. How do the referees get their jobs?"
In fact, not only are the fans talking about the level of the referees, but previously, many players and coaches have publicly criticized the referees' ability issues.
For example:
Guo Ailun: "They always say I get excited and impulsive during games, but every time I get excited, it's not without reason. They say I dribble the ball out myself. I can dribble the ball out myself, but the feeling of being wronged is uncomfortable. I really don't like arguing with others, it's troublesome and tiring, but I have no choice."
Liu Wei: "I've noticed a particularly bad phenomenon in the league after playing more than 20 games. Many players fall to the ground covering their faces at the slightest touch, even if it's just your leg. They fall to the ground covering their faces to gain the sympathy of the referees. I hope the CBA company can 'take care' of such players."
Moreover, in the incident where Zhao Rui was suspended and fined, there is an important issue: why have we only seen players and coaches being punished and apologizing, but never seen referees being punished and apologizing for missed calls, mistaken calls, and incorrect calls?
If we continue to cover up these issues, then incorrect calls, mistaken calls, and missed calls will continue to prevail, and similar incidents involving Zhao Rui will keep happening!
Finally, we call for the CBA league to hold a meeting to standardize the referees while also forming a group to comprehensively review the refereeing of each game and make the rewards and punishments of the referees public. This will prevent their arbitrary actions from affecting the fairness of the games and the occurrence of events like Zhao Rui's.