Who knew that the state of Chinese soccer was such a disaster? The Chinese Super League is mired in an ongoing mess that league officials are desperate to fix. So CSL midfielder Cui Peng was handed a record fine of $4,391 along with a five-match ban for elbowing an opposing player during a recent game, a violation of “the country’s new ‘zero tolerance’ policy toward on-field violence,” reports Reuters.
Nan Yong, the “new boss of Chinese soccer,” is determined to alter the league’s “reputation for violence, corruption and mediocre performances” as it finishes a sixth season that has included the loss of national television coverage after an ugly mid-game brawl and the team Wuhan Guanggu leaving the league after its captain received an eight-game ban for an on-field scuffle.