CSL fires another blank with dud deal
For all the back-slapping about the CSL’s new title sponsor – a four-year deal with Ping An Insurance worth 150 million per year – in reality it’s just the latest in a long list of short-sighted moves by Chinese football authorities.
On the surface, it looks good: a 130% increase over the 65 million yuan per year previously paid by the Wanda Group. But Chinese football was in disarray when...