On January 6th, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association announced the entry list for the 2025 season. Teams not included were Cangzhou Mighty Lions (Chinese Super League), Guangzhou Team (China League One), and Hunan Xiangtao (China League Two). A total of 49 clubs have been granted entry qualifications.
After the Guangzhou Team failed to gain entry and faced potential dissolution, many angry fans of the team attacked former player and national team member Wei Shihao's social media account. They left messages under Wei Shihao's previous post questioning the Guangzhou Team's entry, accusing him of being ungrateful and a traitor.
Guangzhou Team fans wrote: "Happy now? No one will pay you your back wages now!" "The Guangzhou Team didn't pass the entry, if it dissolves, you won't get a single cent!" "You finally achieved your goal!" "Feeling good?"
There were also many fans who supported Wei Shihao: "It's right, we can never tolerate wage arrears clubs!" "Brother Hao did a great and just thing!"
In December last year, the Football Association announced the second batch of debt-clearing list, in which the Guangzhou Team successfully made the cut. However, Wei Shihao immediately posted on social media questioning the Football Association: "How did the Guangzhou Team pass the entry?" Subsequently, Yang Liyu and Yan Dinghao, two former Guangzhou Team players, reposted the post and asked the same question. After that, many other players also raised questions about the debt-clearing list through posts or reposts.
After Wei Shihao's "uprising," more than ten players who had suffered from unpaid wages spoke out. The clubs involved in this wave of questioning include Cangzhou Mighty Lions of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Team of China League One, and Hunan Xiangtao of China League Two. Now these three teams have all failed to pass the entry. It must be said that Wei Shihao's report played an important role in pushing the situation forward.