Kings of the Game: Getting Back to the Game, Beginning with the NBA

Chapter 64 Whoever develops pays liquidated damages!

capital Airport.

The national team was surrounded by reporters as soon as they got off the plane.

Breaking Asian records one after another, the new Asian [-]-meter king, the speed limit of the yellow race, the reassurance of the four-by-[-] relay, the biggest contributor to breaking the dominance of the neon sprint, and so on.

All these titles of Liu Ming have attracted the attention of the media.

Although the time of 9 seconds is unremarkable in the history of the world's 81-meter track and field, it is not enough to compete with those immortal superstars, but it is enough to be called the biggest breakthrough in Asian sprinting into the 21st century.

Director Li of the Athletics Management Center and President Gu of the Athletics Association, accompanied by a big man in charge of the track and field department of the National Athletics Headquarters, came to pick up the plane, and gave the national team who had made great contributions to the Asian Games the highest courtesy!
"Comrades have worked hard!"

"Everyone did a great job this time!"

Taking advantage of the time when the boss was condolences to the delegation, Director Li pulled over the guidance, "Old Yu, there are too many reporters on the scene. If there is an interview with Liu Ming later, you must stop it. This kid is used to being outspoken. In principle, he can push it as he can."

This is a lesson for the delegation to learn from the time in Doha.

In case Liu Ming speaks out loud again and says something like "breaking the world record", the national team will undoubtedly fall into a passive position again.

Therefore, both the head of the organization and President Gu agreed that the center should at least train Liu Ming before letting him face the media, and at least let him know what to say and what not to say.

Unexpectedly, Director Yu groaned for a long time, "Director Li, don't worry, Liu Ming didn't go back to China with the delegation at all. He left the team as soon as the competition ended. I heard that he flew directly from Doha to Los Angeles."

Director Li was stunned for a moment, and his face turned ashen in an instant, "Nonsense! Who gave you the right to allow him to ask for leave?"

"The national team recruited for a training camp, and they flew back from the United States without saying a word. They even paid for the round-trip air tickets. Now that the competition is over, why should I not let him go?"

Speaking of this, Director Yu shrugged, "Did you delay his game, will you pay him a huge liquidated damages?"

"you you you!"

"He...he...he!"

Director Li was choked to death by his words, and finally left a sentence of "unorganized and undisciplined", and flung his sleeves away.

"Ha ha."

Seeing Director Li's crazy appearance, Director Yu seemed in a very good mood.

The historic breakthrough in the Yatian race finally made him feel elated.

So in the face of Director Li's future oppressive methods, Director Yu seemed very relaxed.

Athletes like Liu Ming who have proven their worth in competitions are no longer something Director Li can suppress with administrative means.

Unless after the Yatian game, there will be another wave of doping incidents.

But obviously, this is impossible.

Even before letting Liu Ming leave the team, Director Yu went to Liu Ming to learn more about the case two years ago.

After all, Liu Ming was under the age of 19 at that time, and he was suspended for a short time on the stage of the World Youth Championship, so Director Yu only heard about it but did not explore it in detail.

Originally, Liu Ming was still unwilling to reveal the truth, but after his mentor named Mr. Chen, he got the first-hand information from the person involved.

Since the relationship between Liu Ming's deceased mentor, Mr. Qian, and Mr. Chen were inseparable, Director Yu knew very well that Liu Ming would not hide anything from his senior brother about this matter.

Well, that case of a positive urine test becomes very suspicious!

That year, Liu Ming broke the yellow race's 9-meter record in the World Youth Championship with 98 seconds, and became famous all over the world.

But in the doping test after the game, his urine sample A bottle was found to contain doping ingredients.

At that time, Mr. Qian heard the news suddenly, and soon induced myocardial infarction and died.

Liu Ming listened to someone's suggestion, in order to fight for a so-called leniency, and in order to help Mr. Qian return home in time, he withdrew his application for testing the urine sample of bottle B.

Immediately afterwards, the IAAF imposed a two-year ban on Liu Ming on the grounds that the drug test result was positive, and canceled his record results in the World Youth Championships.

And that "someone" is crucial in the case.

It was Li, the director of the youth team at that time, and now the director of the field management center.

What is the dirty inside story here is still unknown.

But the reason why Director Li suppressed Liu Ming everywhere, Director Yu is quite clear at this moment.

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The so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, and the news of Liu Ming's early departure from the team was not announced after all.

Lao Jiang of the delegation briefly introduced the game at the airport, and did not even answer questions from the reporters.

After all, the General Assembly and the Athletic Management Center will hold a special press conference for the Asian Athletics Championships, and that is the time to officially face the media.

According to the usual practice, Liu Ming has made a breakthrough in the competition, and commendation is indispensable.

The title of world-class athlete in track and field events must be given one.

The May [-]st Labor Medal is estimated to be on the commendation list of the Yu Provincial Federation of Trade Unions this year.

The general manager gave Liu Ming a bonus of 50 yuan, and the local government also has some relatively affordable policies.

However, the big head must still be the development of the commercial value of athletes.

These are the so-called three major sources of money: variety shows, live broadcasts and endorsements!

Needless to say the first two, under the benefit of fans, the fuss still revolves around brand endorsements.

Now that he has embarked on the path of athletes, commercial value will always be a topic that cannot be avoided.

On this issue, Dongguo cannot get around the management and distribution rights under the "whole nation system".

Unlike the free market system in foreign countries, and unlike football, basketball and other mature commercial projects, the commercial development of track and field athletes is generally fully responsible for the association or management center.

In the middle, there were star athletes who caused a few disturbances.

But in terms of management rights, I am afraid that no one will easily transfer them.

Preventing the corruption of athletes and affecting the country's pursuit of honor is only one aspect.

On the other hand, athletes are actually a kind of resource, and the more high-quality resources, the more popular they are.

Just like the oil countries in the Middle East, the higher the oil production, the better.

From the point of view of ordinary people, they don’t sell oil the same to anyone they sell to, as long as they pay a lot of money.

But the actual situation is like this, many countries have to beg them to sell.

They will gain more benefits from buyers by manipulating oil.

Just like Liu Feiren back then.

During the period when such a big-name athlete was an athlete, all the activities were arranged directly by the field management center.

Liu Ming is no exception!
As for the distribution of commercial value obtained.

Athletes can generally take 50% of the total income, coaches or centers can take 15%, places that train athletes can get 20%, and the remaining 15% belongs to the association.

The characteristic is to feed back the ordinary people in the industry by selling the interests of the outstanding in the industry.

To put it bluntly, it is to kill the rich and help the poor for the development of the entire industry.

For Liu Ming himself, it doesn't matter how the income is distributed, and there is no problem at all in giving back to the industry and serving the motherland.

There is nothing wrong with taking it from the people and using it for the people!

But the point is that you must not lose sight of the other, leading to loss of freedom!

Otherwise, if the interests are at stake, many itineraries must compromise with the command of the association.

For example, since the 2004 Olympic Games, Liu Feiren has represented as many as a dozen advertising businesses such as Amino Trilite and VISA Card.

But not necessarily he himself is willing to spare training time to take these commercials.

Even Su Fei was not spared.

I also once organized a group to appear on the variety show of Mango TV.

But it was precisely those few variety shows that caused Su Feiren's reputation to be criticized all the time.

And once the athlete is disobedient.

Fines or penalties are next.

Maybe these competent units will raise the banner of suspending the game and take the method of freezing.

This is a bit fatal!
It's better to cut off this possibility from the beginning than to make a mess in the end.

In Liu Ming's original words.

"No time! No energy!"

"After all, I still have to fly back to the NBA to fulfill my player contract."

"There is no problem with advertising endorsements, and there is no problem with obeying management."

"But which one of you will pay the huge liquidated damages for me first."

(End of this chapter)