If a professional athlete claims to have retired for the sake of their studies and life planning, abandoning their team, but then rejoins another prestigious team just one month later, what would be your thoughts? Is this a necessary choice in pursuit of dreams, or a compromise made for profit? At the end of 2024, Liu Yutong, once hailed as an interior star in the college league, caused a stir in the domestic basketball circle with a series of controversial moves. Her retirement announcement had barely been released when the "prioritizing studies" tune on Weibo was still warm, only to reappear with the Beijing women's basketball team. Shanxi fans were instantly furious, feeling they had been deceived; while the Beijing women's basketball team happily accepted this "free" reinforcement. Was it really the academic pressure that she couldn't bear, or did Beijing's high salary change her direction? The story behind this is far more complex than a simple "retirement-return" process. It directly exposes the reality of domestic professional athletes wavering between interests and beliefs, and also reveals the scars in the allocation of resources and career planning in the women's basketball league. At the end of 2024, Liu Yutong left her final farewell letter on the official website of the Shanxi women's basketball team. She chose to retire citing academic reasons, expressing her determination to complete her graduate courses and thesis. The senior management of the Shanxi women's basketball team chose to understand and support her, quickly terminating her contract. This operation did not cause much of a stir at the…

Just announced retirement and terminated the contract with the original team, only one month later, it was announced to return to join the women's basketball league giants, and also received a high salary. The reversal of the approach has also aroused the dissatisfaction of the original team. Beijing Women's Basketball officially announced that Liu Yutong, the national player who previously played for Shanxi Women's Basketball, joined the team. At the end of 2024, Liu Yutong just terminated the contract with Shanxi Women's Basketball, citing Liu Yutong's desire to continue her studies as the reason. In response, the senior management of Shanxi Women's Basketball once explained that she is still a graduate student, with many subjects and papers unfinished. She also communicated with the club, and the club decided to respect the player's opinion and terminate the contract with the player. Fans previously expressed understanding. Because Liu Yutong is not a top athlete, although she has played in national-level games. But there should not be so many preferential treatments. Moreover, she wants to pursue a doctoral degree, which should not have any preferential policies among athletes. Those Olympic gold medals can only be specially recruited for a master's degree. However, just one month later, things changed, and Beijing Women's Basketball officially announced Liu Yutong's joining the team, which made Shanxi fans very dissatisfied. They believed that Liu Yutong was going back on her word, terminating the contract with Shanxi and then going to Beijing Women's Basketball to receive a high salary, and Beijing Women's Basketball did not have to pay any…