CBA announced two major decisions! Xu Jicheng spoke out in person, Xu Zhonghao and Duizi are hopeless, Zhou Qi feels at ease

The whistle on the basketball court once again became the focus of public opinion. When Zeng Fanbo fell to the ground in pain during the confrontation, the referee system of the CBA league was pushed onto the operating table. This professional league trust crisis triggered by physical conflict is prompting the Chinese basketball community to conduct unprecedented reform experiments. The fairness of the ruling in the professional league has always been the touchstone of competitive sports. Looking at the CBA technical statistics, this season, the home team averaged 3.2 more free throws per game than the away team, and the away team's technical foul rate was 28%. The tendency of punishment reflected behind these numbers is shaking the league's competitive foundation. In the semi-finals series between Guangdong and Zhejiang, a domestic referee's missed judgment in a key round directly led to a change in the game trend, and the number of discussions on social media related topics exceeded 230 million times in 48 hours. The response measures of the

League Office are considered to be a thundering method. This season's finals will creatively form an international referee team, and Horozov from Spain will join two European colleagues to form a core law enforcement team. The referee, who once ruled the Champions League, is known for his zero tolerance style. His record of 4.1 violations per game at the European Championships last season is exactly in line with the current rectification needs of the CBA. It is worth noting that the three foreign referees will wear real-time communication equipment and establish a direct connection channel with the video center, which is the first time in CBA history.

Technical innovation is reshaping the referee's working model. According to the league's technical department, the newly introduced intelligent assist system can capture the strength and angle of the player's physical contact in real time. When dangerous movements occur, the system will send a vibration alarm to the referee's watch within 0.3 seconds. This equipment, developed by Israeli technology companies, has passed the test in the Premier League and the NBA Development League, and its misjudgment rate is controlled below 0.7%. With the multi-angle replay of the Hawkeye system, the referee team's penalty response speed has been increased by more than 40%.

Athlete protection mechanism has ushered in a substantial upgrade. The latest revised "Standards for Illegal Violations" by the League Discipline Committee has expanded the scope of identification of concealed fouls by 37%, and has specially listed non-basketball actions as a penalty entry separately. In terms of player equipment, the new protective gear that is mandatoryly worn is built-in pressure sensor, which can monitor collision strength in real time. When the impact force exceeds the safety threshold, the device will automatically send an alert to the technology station, an innovation leading the way in the global professional basketball league.

Professional Quality Improvement Plan was launched simultaneously. Domestic referees will go to the Spanish ACB League in batches for practical training, and participate in 12 special trainings including high-speed camera interpretation and body language management. The VR simulation system jointly developed by the League Office and Beijing Sports University can restore 92 game conflict scenarios and help referees accumulate handling experience in the virtual environment. The judgment accuracy of the first batch of referees in the simulation test increased from 68% to 89%, and the scene handling time was shortened by 35%. shaping the stadium civilization requires joint efforts from multiple parties. Xu Jicheng revealed at a media briefing that the league will establish a player behavior point system and introduce a cumulative suspension mechanism for red and yellow cards. What is more worthy of attention is the launch of the fan supervision system. Through the instant complaint channel of the official APP, the professional lawyer team will accept valid complaints within 48 hours after the game. This regulatory system, which draws on the Bundesliga operating model, is expected to increase the review efficiency of disputed penalty by three times.

The results of reform are emerging. The number of technical fouls in the first game of the finals fell by 62% year-on-year, and the incidence of physical conflict hit a new low in the past five years. After the game, a coach of a northern team admitted that now players will subconsciously close their elbows when making covers. This conditioned reflexive standard is exactly what the league needs for the monitoring of the data company Sportradar shows that the standard deviation of the whistle interval of foreign referees is 1.8 seconds lower than that of domestic referees, and the game fluency index has increased to 87.3 points.

This reconstruction storm of the referee system reflects the paradigm change in China's professional sports management. When Greek referee Vasilios decisively called for a physical foul in G2, 19,000 viewers at the scene gave applause - this may be the most convincing answer to the reform. The next plan for the league office has been put on the agenda: establishing a machine learning model for referee performance, developing an AI-assisted penalty system, and an incentive mechanism that links referee salary to law enforcement quality. The fairness of the professional league is always on the road. With the application of 5G technology and edge computing, real-time biometric monitoring and referee systems may appear in the future. When technology deeply intervenes in competitive sports, how to balance humanized punishment with machine accuracy will be a topic that CBA needs to continue to explore. This reform, which began with the referee's whistle, will eventually play a new movement in the development of Chinese basketball.