The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) has delivered severe
penalties to the league match organizers in Ningbo and the head
coach of Bayi Shuanglu, who were blamed for the turmoil after a CBA
league's quarter final last Friday.
The game's organizer was fined 20,000 yuan and the Bayi club and
its manager Adijiang were both punished with 10,000 in fines. The
watchdog also circulated a notice of blame among all CBA teams,
reported website sina.com.
A mass supporter unrest was triggered on Friday evening after
Bayi lost narrowly to visiting Liaoning in the first game of the
best-of-five quarterfinals for alleged unfair judgment.
Unruly fans kept cursing the visiting players and referees after
the game and some of them spat on Liaoning's head coach on his way
to the locker room after the post-game press conference, during
which Bayi manager Adijiang gave improper comment of the judge.
The bus carrying the visiting team was also stopped by fans and
finally left when riot police arrived at the venue.
(CRI January 22, 2008)