The Chinese Basketball Association league (CBA) kicked Friday off its 2010-2011 season here amid a nation-wide battle against scandal in the field of sports.

Entering its 15th season, the CBA is widely recognized as the best professional sports league in China, and the sport of basketball is becoming the most popular sport in the nation after the men's and women's national teams reigned the championships at the Guangzhou Asian Games last month.

On the other end, the sport of soccer has stepped down the podium as the first sport of China as its top officials and referees are facing scandal trials in a few months.

The downfall of soccer was so overwhelming that the whole field of sports is experiencing an earthquake of dignity crisis. Basketball, the one that is on the way to take the place of soccer, is undoubtedly questioned for its purity.

Will basketball be the next soccer in 10 years? That is a question for most fans who love basketball and care about the future of China sports.

Chinese soccer was the on the center of the stage around the Millenium after the men's national team earned the first-ever berth of the World Cup finals in 2001, and the women's counterpart won the runners-up at the 1999 Women's World Cup.

The soccer domestic league was the most successful league in China during that span and soccer stars like Fan Zhiyi, Hao Haidong, Sun Wen etc. were household names.

It is all like the basketball nowadays in China as the sport is so welcomed by the youth and super stars like Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian are idols of the fans.

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