Chapter 349: Sky-high fines
Zuihou's coaching staff still thought of a smarter and more Chinese approach, which was to report the matter to the Olympic delegation, and the Olympic delegation would deal with the problem of the two. The delegation did not start from the situation on the field at the time, but only gave the decision to punish the team, circulate criticism within the delegation, and continue to retain the team on the grounds that this incident had a bad impact on the Olympic delegation. And the so-called intra-team punishment is likely to cancel part of the prize money of the two in this Olympic Games. This fine is not small.
As a sports event that has always been highly valued by the sports circles of various countries, the Olympic Games has been vividly implemented for the concept that there must be brave men under heavy rewards, and the Olympic champions and even the outstanding people who emerged in the Olympic Games will gain fame and fortune after the Olympic Games. The 302 events set up in the Beijing Olympics can produce nearly 3,000 medals, and about 49.5 million US dollars in prize money will be directly distributed to athletes. The prize money of the Chinese Olympic gold medalists after returning to China is generally composed of the following parts: national awards, provincial and municipal awards, and social awards. After the 2004 Athens Olympics, all the gold medalists except Liu Xiang stood out in terms of financial gains, and the other athletes earned from millions to hundreds of thousands. As for the Chinese gold medalists at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it is estimated that each Olympic gold medalist will receive no less than 1.5 million yuan.
As an unprecedented event in the history of Chinese sports, the Beijing Olympics has also made great efforts in terms of prize money to encourage athletes to achieve excellent results. Apply to the central government through the financial department and be approved by the State Council. The Ministry of Finance implements preferential tax policies for the Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee and relevant Olympic participants. For example, the income of prize money and other awards received by participating athletes in connection with Olympic competitions is exempt from individual income tax. In addition, the Personnel Department of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China also publicly stated. The amount of national awards for the Beijing Olympics will definitely exceed that of the Athens Olympics, and the new incentive policy will change the previous single bonus system, and Olympic medalists may receive a special allowance for life. Moreover, with the rise in prices and the change of the situation, the increase in the prize money of the Beijing Olympics has become a foregone conclusion. At the time of the Athens Olympic Games, the total amount of special Olympic bonuses directly allocated by the state reached 31.33 million yuan, including 200,000 yuan for gold medals, 150,000 yuan for silver medals, and 80,000 yuan for bronze medals. In accordance with the rules of the award. China's only champion women's volleyball team in collective events received a total of 3 million yuan with 12 players and 3 coaches, becoming the biggest winner. It is expected that the prize money for the gold medalists of the Beijing Olympics will exceed 250,000 yuan, and in fact the country's investment in the Beijing Olympics will be much larger than that of any other Olympic Games. Even if it reaches $300,000, it won't come as a surprise. If key players such as Liu Xiang, Zheng Jie, Yan Zi, and Yao Ming can win the championship, the prize money will definitely exceed 1 million yuan.
For example, in football, where the probability of winning the championship is very small, the "Olympic semi-finals" of the men's national Olympic team and the Olympic medals of the women's football team seemed unrealistic, but now both the men's and women's football teams have reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games. In particular, the Chinese men's football team won the quarterfinals in the first Shijie competition of the National Olympic Games. The football limelight brought to the whole country can be described as unique for a while. Once the National Olympic Games win a medal, the economic effect of such a medal on Chinese football will definitely exceed the sum of all the gold medals won by Liu Xiang. The men's national Olympic team will have a prize of 4 million yuan if they win the right to the finals of the Olympic Games, compared with 2 million yuan for the three previous group games in the final stage, regardless of victory or defeat. The third place is 3 million yuan, the second place is 4 million yuan, and if you win the championship, the prize money is 8 million yuan. At that time, it will not be a problem for the main players of the men's and women's football teams such as Han Sen and Han Duan to earn more than one million. And that's not counting the donations and bounties from other social enterprises that are likely to flock to them.
Then figures like Zheng Zhi and Tan Wangsong, who have been criticized by the Olympic team, will definitely shrink the prize money at that time. It turned out that many people were not optimistic about the National Olympic team, and the prize money of the whole team was about 2 million yuan, and now the men's football team has soared all the way and made a historic super breakthrough, both in terms of popularity and word-of-mouth, and has received quite high praise. Therefore, many people think that even if the National Olympic Games are likely to not win a medal, a prominent figure like Han Sen will also enjoy the treatment of a gold medalist. The treatment of other main players will not be much worse, then this Olympic bonus may also be expected from about 100,000 per person before the game, to one million or even more per person, so the part that Zheng Zhi and Tan Wangsong want to be cut off, at least from the minimum of 100,000 units, this can be described as an out-and-out sky-high fine, at least in the history of the Olympic Games in China, it is still very rare, intertwined with the glory of Chinese football in the Olympic Games, which is even more evocative.
In any case, the decision of the Olympic team not only made Zheng Zhi and Tan Wangsong pay the price of impulsiveness, but also swept away the troubles of the coaching staff, so that Zheng Zhi and Tan Wangsong can legitimately continue to stay in the team and solve the problem of insufficient manpower in the team.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) also selected the best 11-man squad for the group stage of the Olympic Games through expert judges and media voting the day before the start of the quarterfinals:
The goalkeeper is Viviano from Italy. There is only one team that has not conceded a single goal in the group stage, and that is Italy, the goalkeeper who plays for Brescia is 1.89m tall and exactly 23 years old this year, and judging from his performances in three games, he will even be the favorite to succeed Buffon in the Italian national team in the future.
The back line is Raphinha (Brazil), Bochetti (Italy), Li Weifeng (China) and Marcelo (Brazil)
Raphinha has been outstanding at this Olympic Games, and he has played at a high level on the right side of the Brazilian team, both offensively and defensively, especially in attack, he often hits the heart of the opposition on the right side, bringing great threat to the opponent's left-back. Zuihou played against the Chinese team, Dunga also hid Raphinha, which is enough to prove Dunga's satisfaction with it, although Raphinha Zuihou's foul on Han Peng at the moment in exchange for the Chinese Olympic team's historic free kick, but it still can't hide the fact that the Brazilian Olympic team won all three games.
Italy can keep not conceding a goal, and Bochetti's role in the backline is very crucial. In the three group games, he was only substituted in the first round to seal the win, and the other two games were all played in the whole game. He also became Italy's longest-playing defender in the group stage, and Bocchietti, who now plays for Genoa, is not yet 22 years old this year, and although he is only 1.78m tall, he has performed at centre-back with ease, and has the potential to become Cannavaro's successor.
Marcelo, like Raphinha, is excellent on both the wing, and the Real Madrid defender plays a full 270 points like Ronaldinho, Breno and Renand, and as Carlos's successor, Marcelo has given people some glimpse of Carlos in the past.
And Li Weifeng's selection surprised many people, after all, although the Chinese Olympic team has made a historic qualification, more reasons may be because of the offensive end, especially Han Sen's excellence, the defensive end of the Chinese Olympic team has conceded goals in three games, and the number of goals conceded has increased per game, reaching 6, which is more like a disaster for the back line. However, in the chaotic performance of Yuan Weiwei, Tan Wangsong, Feng Xiaoting and other backline players who were suspended and ate cards one after another, Li Weifeng not only took over the captain's armband after Zheng Zhi's suspension, but also miraculously did not eat a single red and yellow card. Zuihou was still playing against the Brazilian team, and Han Sen became the two spiritual leaders of the Chinese team on the field, and played a huge contribution to the final eight of the Chinese Olympic team.
Compared to the goalkeeper and the best selection of newcomers at the back, the IOC's selection of the best midfielder in the group stage this time can be described as star-studded. They are Ronaldinho (Brazil), Messi (Argentina), Montolivo (Italy) and Han Sen (China).
Ronaldinho made a perfect return after a four-month absence, not only scoring two goals, but also occupying an absolute central position in the Brazilian team's offensive and defensive transitions, with almost all threatening attacks initiated by Ronaldo. And on the left side, his breakthrough is also a headache for the opposing defenders. The only shortcoming is that in the game with the Chinese Olympic team, the limelight was stolen by the opponent Han Sen, and in a winning game, he helplessly played a supporting role. (To be continued......)