I think it makes sense to forget where the original source is, but it's reproduced everywhere on the Internet, to the effect that 'China has no way out from being poor to ordinary children, only to rush to the streets to play football, and no children from rich (with perfect social welfare) families can not worry about their future life, boldly play football or other things they like, Even after playing for a few years, it doesn't matter if you find that you can't be divided into professional players in football.
In a word, there will be a large number of young people flocking to the stadium in both rich and poor countries. A high proportion of young people with a large base will try their football talent, and the range of selection will be too high.
In addition to the status quo of not being poor or rich, there is also the relatively weak class consolidation.
You come to the 100th place in the college entrance examination of Hebei Province, not Tsinghua University, but also the cattle School of 985 middle school; you play the 100th place in Hebei Province, cool and cool.
Let me expand:
However, in some countries, it's cool for you to take the top 100 in the college entrance examination.
For example, the descendants of social sages, politicians and rich people in norswick province seize 100 places. In a word, famous schools don't have your share. Therefore, in these countries, the interest of the young people in learning is not very strong. Curve wrecker? Famous schools? Graduate with education into the high-end workplace, and then enter a new stage of life? Does not exist. The Youth Association will first go to the football field to see their talent, and then try basketball court, softball court, ice Court & hellip; & hellip;
In a word, China's ordinary children have an urgent need to improve their economic situation and social status, and the country also provides (although it is not easy, but in general, it can let you jump up) space for improvement. Therefore, children (their parents) all hope to read more, master skills, seek better positions in the workplace, strive for the future and surpass their parents 。 Playing football is a secondary thing.
The second reason is also because of China's national conditions, the popularity rate of small sports is high and the performance is good; the popularity rate of low-cost sports is high and most of the results are good. However, football is very poor in both aspects, so the popularity rate is low and the result is poor.
China's urban land price is high, football fields are rare, the streets are crowded, and there are few deserted roads for you to play wild balls. It's the same in rural areas, and most of China's rural areas are farming areas, few of which are short of pasture land. So a large area of land does not grow rice, does not grow wheat, does it grow grass? It's a crime.
There is also a sport that is basketball. Basketball is far more popular than football in China's urban and rural areas. The reason is not only that basketball field is less than football field, but also an important reason: the field needed to play basketball is not useless land in rural areas! Drying rice and wheat need to have cement, firebricks or flat and hard soil made of stone strips, so you only need to support a basket at both ends of the drying yard. In rural areas, basketball court is not lacking, but football? Well, kids can only fall on the basketball court when no one is playing basketball. Therefore, there is only one qualification quota in Asia for basketball Olympic Games and World Championships, which is accepted by Chinese basketball team every year. From time to time, Chinese basketball team has reached the top eight in the World Championships & hellip; & hellip;
Among the three major balls, football is the worst, basketball and volleyball are better than football; among the small balls, table tennis is the best, badminton is also very good, and tennis is slightly worse, just in line with the law of "the bigger the field, the worse the result". I think it's not entirely coincidental
The third reason is that in the early 1990s, the Olympic gold medal strategy formulated by the state excluded football, and finally selected men's football as the first force of sports market-oriented reform.
I'll be frank about the Olympic gold medal strategy. In fact, there's nothing embarrassing about the national system. In the early 1980s, television began to spread rapidly. People were very happy when they won gold medals in 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, but they were not happy when they defeated Seoul in 1988. So in the late 1980s and early 1990s (before and after the Asian Games), the country thought that it was worth doing to brush gold medals in the Olympic Games and make people happy. So we did it with the power of the state. Of course, China's competitive sports are all based on the national system. Now we have upgraded the national system to a gold medal strategy, which means that we should seize the key points and select the projects with potential to brush gold medals. Another reason to focus is to save money as much as possible. After all, Zhu Xiang's financial reform started in 1997. The national financial situation around 1990 was very tight. The limited funds for sports events needed to win as many gold medals as possible.
So what happens? You must have guessed that the country doesn't think football is likely to win the gold medal. It's skipped.
For this decision made 30 years ago, the respondent should make a wise comment after the fact here.
There's something right: there's really no chance football will win the gold medal.
There's something wrong: in fact, even if you can't win the Olympic Games and the world cup, as long as you get better results, such as reaching the position of Asia's hegemony, the world cup's long-term appearance, and occasionally the top 16, the common people should also be very happy (I think).
However, this was a step behind the scenes 30 years later. This was the decision made by the decision makers at that time, which could not be changed. Moreover, I don't think it's necessary to investigate the mistakes of the decision makers. This was the vision of the people at that time.