From China Daily: “If you do not read the sport pages in China, you would not know that the “October Revolution” took place in the nation’s football business.
A chain of events combined to create the high drama, which is still far from full-time.
On October 2, Beijing Guo’an, one of the 12 teams in the nation’s top-flight Chinese Super League, refused to play on as a protest over a refereeing decision.
And then after eventually being fined 300,000 yuan (US$36,275), the club threatened to withdraw from the league altogether.
Several other clubs also started making noises and backed the walk-off of the club, which has always been considered the least rebellious of all. ”
