Live broadcast, May 19-on the Chinese basketball media day yesterday afternoon, Xu Jicheng, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, talked about topics related to CBA referees.
Xu Jicheng said: “The referee has always been an eternal topic. As long as there is a competition, there will be a referee. It is an essential component. However, in some cases, this factor of the referee or some penalty will be magnified, so I think this is a focus of media attention, it may also sometimes be a focus of discussion between athletes and coaches. However, in fact, the referee’s performance on the court is integrated with that of athletes and coaches. Just as you cannot ask an athlete to field goal percentage 100%, the referee will also have some misjudgments and misjudgments, this exists objectively.
“But all the work of the referee is evaluated by the referee lecturer at the scene all the time. In addition, the management of the referee in each game will also be in place. Including each stage of the competition, not only the referee committee, but also the leaders of the association, will also carry out training requirements. Then in the future, with some summaries of the judges of this league, just like last season, we made a very comprehensive summary, which will give you more exchanges. Today, our comrades in the Commission have other temporary tasks outside, so they can’t come and communicate face to face with you. I think there will be a chance to communicate face to face with you next time.
“Don’t make this question into this mystery, and don’t make it into the existence of the referee alone. It is also an integral part of the league, all management is in place. In addition, that is to say, the department where the referee is managed used to be in the league, and the evaluation and assessment were all there. Now it is in the association, which is also a standard for better coordination of national competitions, because the association’s strategy is 124, this 1 is a standard, not just CBA, and the whole country is a standard.
“Of course, you can see from which aspect the problem is divided. We welcome everyone to discuss the referee in order to better improve the referee’s work, not to say what to do with the referee through questioning, this may be inconsistent with our big goal in the future. Because referees are constantly improving, for example, about 54 referees have been used this season, of which 9 referees are playing CBA in the first season, while others are mainly young, this is because the FIBA is required to be under 50 years old, and we just know that 50 to 55 years old may be the time when the referee is more experienced, so I hope everyone can have an overall understanding of these things.
“We will have an overall communication with you in the future. At the same time, you can discuss this issue during the reporting process, but don’t question the referee according to my feelings, because judges are also very professional, they are strictly assessed.”