On the eve of the season's threshold opening, the FA spared no effort to reiterate that it will enforce the threshold norms with an iron fist, and resolutely say no to those teams with a long history of abuse. However, from the current situation, the FA's ideal blueprint may have been slightly misjudged, as there are still many teams in the Super League camp that have yet to solve the problem of salary arrears.
Further, if only ten teams meet the requirements under the threshold of the new Chinese Super League season, it remains to be seen whether the Football Association will urgently draw ten new teams from the lower leagues, which concerns the position of decision-makers such as Song Kai. Some fans have suggested that even if ten teams pass the threshold, the ten-team scale should be maintained for the tournament, after all, the strict threshold criteria cannot be ignored.
Looking back at the FA's past cases of threshold audits, it is easy to see that with the gradual increase in auditing standards, the tendency to relax in the future seems to be more and more obvious. Teams that have been in arrears for a long time have often reached last-minute settlements with their players, successfully signing them and passing the threshold for the new season. According to this analysis, the results of this year's threshold audit may repeat the same mistake.
