Long overdue reform of the sports administration system is expected

A REPORT PUBLISHED BY A MAGAZINE affiliated to the Supreme People's Procuratorate that exposes corruption in the sports administration departments of various levels has gained wide attention on the social media. China Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:

The report offers some detailed depictions of the underhand dealings that go on in sports. Given the magazine's background, the article's popularity shows people have high expectations of the judicial authorities digging into the sports administrations to root out corruption.

The corruption in the administration of sports originates from the concentration of power in the department heads at various levels. If this pyramid power structure is not reformed, the cat-and-mouse anti-graft campaign will always result in the imprisonment of problematic officials. However, that is treating the symptoms rather than the disease.