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Article: Ping-pong league ready to bounce back
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- March 6, 2007
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After a season of boom and bust in 2006, this year consolidation
is the name of the game for organizers of the Chinese Table Tennis
Super League.
Last year teams shelled out millions of yuan to sign up China's
premier paddlers, but poor attendances and sponsorship revenues meant
the strategy was a costly failure.
World No 1 Ma Lin sent shockwaves through the sport when Shaanxi
Yinhe agreed to pay over 5 million yuan ($645,000) for his services.
Ma himself earned the season maximum 1 million yuan ($130,000), and
the 4 million yuan ($510,000) transfer fee was split between his
former club Shantou and the Chinese Table Tennis Administrative
Center.
But this year Ma was on the move again, last ...