It was widely spread on the Internet that the basketball association sent “warnings” to the commentators of CBA, and they were not allowed to comment on the referee and blow the penalty, which scared me.
I didn’t receive the so-called “warning” from the Basketball Association. The first time I heard this news was when I replied to the reader’s message after yesterday’s WeChat public account, a reader asked:
“Teacher Su, I heard that CBA company requires the narrator not to comment on the judgment of the referee in the live broadcast room?”
After I post an article, I usually spend about half an hour interacting with readers. The sea and sky are wide and rambling. From the beginning of writing an article to the end of the interaction, I will not accept external information for several hours. Seeing this question, I replied casually:
“This statement is not accurate. It should not evaluate the judge’s penalty level and the judge’s level, that is, don’t comment because of a whistle rising to the height of the judge’s level. The specific whistle is right or wrong. Of course, the commentator can say it, plus ‘I think this ball…… ‘. However, after all, the referee is professional, and this year, the commentator should not question the referee’s level. In fact, I have done this for many years.”
My understanding is to separate a comment on a penalty from a question on the level of the referee. The narrator can comment on a specific penalty or failure to judge from the perspective of his own understanding, but it is necessary to discuss the matter, don’t rise to the level of questioning. This does not need to be reminded and required. It is originally one of the basic qualities of the narrator, unless the narrator himself is a qualified basketball referee or a professional basketball coach and player.
Later I realized that the reason why the reader asked was that “the basketball association warned CBA narrator not to comment on the referee” had become news.
Did the Basketball Association warn the narrator? At least I didn’t receive it. I only received one from Migu, which was sent to the CBA host and narrator group:
It is normal for a league broadcast platform to ask the host and commentator to participate in the commentary. Moreover, this is similar to my understanding. You can comment on a certain ball, but don’t rise to the level of questioning the referee.
Is this a warning from the basketball association? The first one is a requirement of Migu, and the second one should come from the Basketball Association’s explanation of this year’s penalty standards.
I went to ask the relevant personnel of the Basketball Association. He said that he had not sent any similar “warnings” to the narrator of each platform, but he did communicate with Migu about this year’s implementation standards, I hope Migu will ask the commentators to try their best not to question the referee’s level and the level of blowing punishment, because this year the Basketball Association hopes that the CBA’s enforcement standards will be consistent with FIBA, in order to help Chinese players adapt to the international competition environment. He specially emphasized the use of “please” and “try your best”.
There was only one direct communication between the Basketball Association and the narrator, and there was no warning before and after, because I attended the communication meeting all the time. It was on the afternoon of September 30, and I remember it so clearly because it was the semi-finals of China women’s basketball and Australia that day. The Meeting and live broadcast time conflict, and my two screens were on.
There are such communication meetings before the start of each season. The main content is that senior international judges of the referee committee introduce to the commentators, and there are changes in FIBA rules and the latest spirit of CBA, it is usually said by the old judges such as Ma Jun and Yang Maogong that this year is banqi and Yang Maogong.
These old referees are very respectful to the narrator and have a modest tone. It is impossible to warn the narrator. Ban Qi talked about several changing FIBA rules. Yang Maogong focused on the latest spirit conveyed by FIBA, including the explanation of cylinders and new gestures, and the types of increased violations, and — how FIBA interprets “high quality no-call”, that is, the case of foul but not blowing.
From the introduction of the two old referees, I can’t tell that CBA will have a big change in wind direction this year, so I didn’t take it seriously.
On October 10th, the new season of CBA started on Monday. In the afternoon, I broadcast the opening battle between Shandong and Shenzhen live in Migu. I haven’t felt how special it is yet, however, I watched the game between Liaoning and Guangsha (now called Zhejiang dongsunshine) in the evening, and I was surprised. Because the enforcement standards have been relaxed a lot, many movements that used to make whistle were missed, so the score was extremely low, guangxia only got more than 60 points.
I was a journalist in I am and found out that there must be something unusual by news smell. So after the competition, I consulted a senior international referee to inquire about what happened. He introduced to me the new situation of this year: first, the Basketball Association withdrew the referee management power from the CBA league; Second, the Basketball Association hopes that the enforcement standards of CBA in the new season will be completely consistent with FIBA, in the past, some rules and regulations added by CBA were abolished to help Chinese players adapt to international competitions. Third, the new leader of the General Administration of Sports attached great importance to three big-ball sports. Two days before the start of the new season, special officials also participated in the Basketball Association, the high-level meeting of CBA alliance.
I wrote these news contents on the WeChat public account the next day (see “is it so large that CBA can’t play foul?”).
The narrator does not allow comments on the referee and the penalty, which is unreasonable, so there will be noisy on the Internet, and I don’t believe that any basketball association official will be stupid enough to give such a warning to the narrator.
Don’t question the level of referee and penalty, and it is not allowed to comment on referee and penalty. I remember Xu Jicheng da Xu told me one thing, saying that when he was young, he went to CCTV to talk about the ball, and the Taidou Qian Chenghai in the coaching field trained them, I said “three don’t” as a narrator “–
If you are not as good as him, don’t question it;
The other party is professional, don’t question it;
The players made mistakes, don’t taunt.
Daxu explained: for example, if our Chinese basketball level is not as good as that of European basketball, don’t question it; If you are not a referee, the other side is a coach or professional referee, don’t question it either; like Zhou Qi, the sideline serve made a mistake. Don’t laugh at him.
This is the advice given to us by the older generation of basketball people. It is neither against the ear nor bitter, but it is a good medicine for words.
Can commentators and commentators comment on the penalty? I think there is no problem, but when it comes to the matter, don’t go online on the platform. I think this is the original intention of Mi Gu’s several requirements at that time.
My favorite narrator is Van Gadi, who likes to hear him and Mark Jackson say the ball during the season. Fan Gandi often commented on the judgment of the referee. The sentence he liked to use was “how do I think this Whistle”, but he had a boundary, that is, he never questioned the judge’s level, he will not rise to a height. He will limit this comment to the whistle itself and express his own understanding. Sometimes he is right, sometimes when the slow motion is played, he is wrong, and it doesn’t matter.
Van Gadi also has a good habit, that is, when a dispute occurs, if senior referee Javi shows the scene, he will immediately keep silent and ask Javi “what do you think”. After Javi explained, Van Gandy never argued or refuted with him. He divided his identity very clearly: I am NBA coach, I am qualified to comment on a certain penalty, but I am not a referee, and I will not question your level.
His principle is completely consistent with the “three don’t” guided by Qian Chenghai. I am not as good as you, I will not question you, you are professional, I will not question either. Moreover, the commentary of Van Gadi’s professional coaches never ridiculed the players and coaches.
Basketball commentary is a very special job. It is highly professional and has complicated rules, but it faces the public directly. Everyone can say two opinions. In this contradictory environment, it is really not easy to be professional and popular.
But if you can stick to the “three don’t” of money guidance, you can grasp yourself well. It doesn’t matter whether the Basketball Association gives me a warning or not. Basketball in China is a profession of many people, a profession of many people, a career of many people, a business of many people and a national industry.
Da Xu also told me one thing. He said that he went up and down the mountain and went to his hometown. In the most bitter place in Shandong, he went to a village where there was only one well, up to eight meters deep. Before every family carries a bucket of leather rope to fetch water, they must stamp their feet away and pat the ash on their bodies to put the bucket down respectfully and with a sacred feeling.
Da Xu said that this is the water source for the survival of the whole village, fearing that dirt and dust will fall into the well.
Su Qun column