NguDavid Swanson, telesur
ISuper Bowl 50 izokuba ngumpetha wokuqala weNational Soccer League ukwenzakala kusukela lapho kwabikwa ukuthi iningi le-hoopla elixhasa ezempi emidlalweni yebhola, ukuhlonishwa kwamasosha nokuqhakanjiswa kwezimpi abantu abaningi ababekade bekucabanga ukuthi bekungokuzithandela noma ingxenye yohlelo lokumaketha lweNFL, empeleni kube uhlelo lokwenza imali lweNFL. Amasosha aseMelika abelahla izigidi zamadola ethu, okuyingxenye yesabelomali sokuqasha nokukhangisa esise- izigidigidi, ekukhokheleni i-NFL ukukhombisa esidlangalaleni uthando ngamasosha nezikhali.
Vele, i-NFL empeleni ingawathanda ngempela amasosha, njengoba nje ingathanda abaculi abavunyelwe ukucula kuS Super Bowl halftime show, kodwa iyabenza ukukhokha nelungelo futhi. Futhi kungani amasosha engafanele akhokhele iligi yebhola ukuze aqhakambise ubuqhawe bayo? Kukhokha kakhulu eduze kwawo wonke umuntu. Ku- $ 2.8 billion ngonyaka wokuqasha “amavolontiya” angaba ngu-240,000, lokho cishe kungama- $ 11,600 ngokuqasha. Lokho akusikho, kunjalo isigidintathu ngohlobo T lokusebenzisa kuthatha ukuqhuba umbutho unyaka; lokho nje ukusetshenziswa kwemali ukunxenxa ngobumnene “ivolontiya” ngalinye ukuthi lijoyine. Umthengi wesikhangiso omkhulu "wamasosha" emhlabeni wezemidlalo yiNational Guard. Izikhangiso zivame ukukhombisa ukuthunyelwa kosizo. Abaqashi kaningi xoxa izindaba ezinde wezikhundla "zokungathunyelwa" ezilandelwa yikholeji yamahhala. Kepha kubonakala kimi ukuthi ama- $ 11,600 ngabe ahambe ibanga elide ekukhokheleni unyaka ekolishi! Futhi, empeleni, abantu abanayo leyo mali yasekolishi mancane amathuba okuthi baqashwe.
Ngaphandle kokubonisa intshisekelo eyi-zero ekubhaliseleni izimpi, futhi naphezu kokuba khona kwaphakade kwezimpi ukuze ubhalisele, 44 amaphesenti baseMelika baseMelika batshela inkampani yokuvota yakwaGallup ukuthi “bazokulwa” empini, kepha cha. Okungenani abaqashi abasha abayizigidi eziyi-100. Ngenhlanhla yabo nomhlaba wonke, ukutshela umhloli wezinto ukuthi okuthile akudingi ukuthi kulandelwe, kepha kungaphakamisa ukuthi kungani abalandeli bebhola bebekezelela futhi begubha ngisho namasosha iculo lesizwe ne-troop-hyping hoopla ngaso sonke isikhathi. Bacabanga bona njengamaqhawe azimisele avele abe matasa kakhulu okwamanje. Njengoba bezibandakanya neqembu labo leNFL, besho amazwi anjengokuthi “Sisanda kuthola amagoli,” ngenkathi behleli ngokuqinile ezimpahleni zabo eziyigugu kakhulu, abalandeli bebhola lezinyawo baphinde bazibonakalise neqembu labo enkundleni yempi ecatshangelwe.
The Iwebhusayithi yeNFL uthi: “Sekungamashumi eminyaka iNFL namasosha benobudlelwano obuseduze Super Bowl, Uhlelo olubukwe kakhulu unyaka nonyaka kulo lonke elase-United States. Phambi kwababukeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ze-160, i-NFL ibingelela amasosha ngokuhlelwa okuyingqayizivele kwemikhosi engaphakathi komdlalo kubandakanya ukwethulwa kwemibala, izivakashi ezisezinkundleni zemikhosi, imikhosi yangaphambi komdlalo nama-flyovers ezinkundla. Ngesikhathi Super Bowl Ngeviki le-XLIX [ngonyaka odlule], iPat Tillman Foundation neWounded Warriors Project bameme omakadebona ukuba beze eSalute to Service: Officiating 101 Clinic eNFL Experience Engineered by GMC [double payment? ka-ching!] e-Arizona. … ”
UPat Tillman, usakhuthaziwe kwi Iwebhusayithi yeNFL, kanye nokuphawulwa kwe Pat Tillman Isisekelo, ngumdlali oyedwa we-NFL lowo owanikela ngenkontileka enkulu yebhola ukuze ajoyine ezempi. Lokho iSisekelo angeke sikutshele ukuthi uTillman, njengoba kujwayelekile, uyekile ukukholelwa kulokho abakhangisi nabaqashi abatshele khona. NgoSepthemba 25, 2005, i- San Francisco Chronicle ubike ukuthi uTillman useyigxekile impi yase-Iraq futhi uhlele umhlangano nomgxeki wempi ovelele uNoam Chomsky ozoba khona lapho ebuya e-Afghanistan, yonke imininingwane eqinisekiswe ngumama kaTillman noChomsky. UTillman akakwazanga ukukuqinisekisa ngoba wayeshone e-Afghanistan ngo-2004 esuka ezinhlamvu ezintathu kuya ebunzini ebangeni elifushane, izinhlamvu ezadutshulwa ngumMelika. AbakwaWhite House nabezempi babazi ukuthi uTillman ubulawe yilokho okwakuthiwa umlilo wobungani, kepha baqamba amanga kwabezindaba wathi uzoshona kungqubuzana. Abaphathi bezempi abaphezulu babewazi amaqiniso nokho bavumela ukunikezwa kukaTillman iSilver Star, i-Purple Heart, nokwenyuselwa ngemuva kokushona kwakhe, konke lokhu kusekelwe ekufeni kwakhe elwa "nesitha". Ngokusobala ezempi Ufuna ukuxhumana nebhola futhi uzimisele ngokuqamba amanga nokukukhokhela. IPat Tillman Foundation isebenzisa kabi igama lomuntu oshonile ukuze idlale futhi iphange intshisekelo yebhola neyezempi ekuxhumaneni.
Labo okuphumelela kubo ukukhangisa kwezempi ngeke ngokujwayelekile babulawe ngumlilo wobungani. Futhi ngeke bafe ngomlilo wesitha. Umbulali wokuqala wamalungu amasosha aseMelika, kubikwe futhi komunye unyaka kuleli sonto, ukuzibulala. Futhi lokho akubalwa nokubulawa kwabamuva ngama-veteran. Yonke imenenja ye-TV pundit nomphathi wezingxoxo kamongameli, futhi mhlawumbe nommemezeli weSuper Bowl 50 noma ababili, bavame ukukhuluma ngempendulo yezempi ye-ISIS. Ithini impendulo yayo ngabantu abayalwa ngobuwula ukuba bangene esihogweni esesabekayo kangangoba ngeke besafuna ukuphila?
Kukuzikhangiso
Okungenani okugxilwe kakhulu kweSuper Bowl njengoba umdlalo uqobo ungowokukhangisa. Eyodwa ikakhulukazi isikhangiso esiphazamisayo kuhlelwe iSuper Bowl 50 isikhangiso somdlalo wevidiyo yempi. Umbutho wamasosha ase-US kade wakhokhela imidlalo yamavidiyo ezempi futhi wawabheka njengamathuluzi okuqasha kabusha. Kulesi sikhangiso u-Arnold Schwarzenegger ukhombisa ukuthi kumnandi kanjani ukudubula abantu futhi aqhumise izakhiwo kulo mdlalo, kanti ngaphandle komdlalo abantu bamhlikihla kakhulu noma ngaphansi njengasemidlalweni yebhola. Akukho lutho lapha olunjengokude ngempi ngomqondo ongokoqobo. Ngalokho ngincoma ukudlala nayo Indoda Yesenzo ye-PTSD esikhundleni salokho. Kepha kuthuthukisa ukulingana kwezemidlalo nempi - okuthile okufiswa ngokusobala yiNFL namasosha.
An isikhangiso ngonyaka owedlule kusuka eNorthrop Grumman, ene "yayoUmnsalo Wezempi, ”Nayo yayiphazamisa. Eminyakeni emibili edlule isikhangiso lokho kwabonakala kungokwamabutho kuze kube imizuzwana yokugcina kube ngekaJeep. Kade kukhona esinye isikhangiso ngalowo nyaka kabhiya kaBudweiser lapho omunye ophawula khona bathola ukukhathazeka okungokomthetho:
“Okokuqala, kukhona ukwephulwa kwemithetho yokuziphatha kwezempi, okusho ngokusobala ukuthi abasebenzi boMnyango Wezokuvikela abakwazi 'ukuphakamisa ukugunyazwa okusemthethweni noma ukwelashwa okukhethekile' kwanoma iyiphi 'inhlangano engeyona eyeNhlangano, umcimbi, umkhiqizo, umsebenzi noma ibhizinisi. … Ngaphansi kwalo mthetho, Umbutho wezempi awukwazi ukuvumela ngokusemthethweni uBudweiser, futhi ungavumeli abasebenzi bawo ukuthi babambe iqhaza ezikhangisweni zabo (ingasaphathwa eyokugqoka iyunifomu yabo), njengoba nje noMbutho ungeke uvumele iGatorade noma iNike. ”
Izinkinga ezimbili ezibucayi ngalokhu. Eyokuqala: amasosha avumela njalo futhi akhuthaze i-NFL. Okwesibili: yize ngiphikisana ngokujulile nobukhona besikhungo sokubulawa kwabantu abaningi, nokuqonda kwami okucacile kwalokho okufunayo ezikhangisweni (kungaba ngokwazo noma ngemoto noma inkampani kabhiya), angikwazi ukusiza ukuncela emzwelweni. Inqubo yalolu hlobo lwenkulumo-ze (nayi esinye isikhangisoIzinga eliphakeme kakhulu. Umculo okhulayo. Isimo sobuso. Ukushukuma komzimba. Ukwakhiwa kwezingxabano. Ukuthululwa kothando olwenziwe. Kuzofanele ube yisilo ukuze ungaweli kulo shevu. Futhi kugcwele emhlabeni wezigidi zabantu abasha abasha abafanelwe okungcono.
Kusenkundleni yezemidlalo
Uma udlula ezikhangisweni, kunenkinga yenkundla yeSuper Bowl 50, ngokungafani nezinkundla eziningi zemidlalo eminingi, ngokugqamile “evikelwe”Ngamaphoyisa ezempi namasosha, kubandakanya namasosha izindiza namajezi azokwenza adubule phansi noma yimaphi ama-drones futhithinta”Noma iziphi izindiza. Ukuchitha ukuzenzisa ukuthi lokhu empeleni kwenzelwa ukuvikela noma ngubani, izindiza zamasosha zizoziqhenya ngokundiza ngaphezu kwenkundla, njengakudala iminyaka, lapho sebene ukwenzile phezu kwenkundla ezimbozwe domes.
Umbono wokuthi kukhona okungabazekayo ngokumboza umcimbi wezemidlalo ekukhuthazeni ezempi uyinto ecace bha ezingqondweni zababukeli abaningi beSuper Bowl. Ukuthi inhloso yamasosha ukubulala nokucekela phansi, ukuthi izimpi ezinkulu zakamuva ekugcineni ziphikisiwe njengezinqumo ezimbi kusukela ekuqaleni ngabaningi baseMelika, akungeni nje kukho. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ezempi esidlangalaleni imibuzo noma ngabe kufanele yini ukuzibandakanya neqembu lezemidlalo elinabadlali abashaye kakhulu omkabo nezintombi zabo.
Iphuzu lami akukhona ukuthi ukuhlaselwa kwamukelekile, kepha lokho kubulala akwamukelekile. Umbono oqhubekayo weSuper Bowl e-United States uzobuza ukubandlulula okuqondiswe kwikota emnyama, izimpikiswano zomdlalo onobudlova olimaza ubuchopho babadlali bawo abaningi (futhi mhlawumbe nokuqashwa abadlali abasha kusuka ezindaweni ezikude zombuso ukuthatha indawo yazo), ukuphathwa ngokobulili kwabajabuli noma abesifazane kwezentengiso, futhi mhlawumbe nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okunyanyekayo kwezinye zezikhangiso. Kepha hhayi ezempi. Abamemezeli bazobonga "amasosha" ngokubuka kusuka ku- "ngaphezulu kwamazwe we-175”Futhi akekho ozomisa isikhashana, abeke phansi ubhiya wabo nenyama yezilwane ezifile bese ebuza ukuthi amazwe ayi-174 kungenzeka anganeli yini ukuba namasosha aseMelika njengamanje.
Umqondo wokuthi iSuper Bowl ikhuthaza ukuthi impi ingaphezulu noma incane njengebhola, kungcono kuphela. Ngakujabulela ukusiza ukuthola umbukiso we-TV ikhanseliwe lokho kwaphenduka impi yaba umdlalo ongokoqobo. Kunokuphikisana okuthile kwalowo mbono okungatholwa emphakathini wase-US. Kepha ngiyasola ukuthi iyakonakala.
I-NFL ayifuni nje imali yamasosha (yethu). Ifuna ukushisekela izwe, ukushisekela ubuzwe, ukwethembeka okungapheli, ukuthanda okungacabangi, ukukhonjwa komuntu, uthando lwabadlali ukufanisa uthando lwamabutho - nangokuzimisela okufanayo ukubaphonsa ngaphansi kwebhasi.
Amasosha awafuni nje ukuthi izibalo eziningi zababukeli zikhangwe yiSuper Bowl. Ifuna izimpi ezicatshangelwe njengemicimbi yezemidlalo phakathi kwamaqembu, kunokuba kwenziwe ubugebengu obesabekayo obenziwa kubantu emakhaya nasemadolobhaneni abo. Ifuna ukuthi sicabange nge-Afghanistan hhayi njengenhlekelele yeminyaka eyi-15, ukubulala, kanye ne-SNAFU ekhiqizayo, kepha njengoba umncintiswano ungene esikhathini esengeziwe esiphindwe kabili ngokuphindwe kabili yize iqembu ebelivakashile linamaphuzu angama-84 futhi lizama ukubuya okungenakwenzeka. Amasosha afuna izingoma ze- "USA!" ezigcwalisa inkundla yezemidlalo. Ifuna abantu abayizibonelo namaqhawe kanye nokuxhumeka kwasendaweni kubantu abangaqashwa kabusha. Ifuna izingane ezingenakukwazi ukuzuza ebuhleni bebhola noma komunye umdlalo ukuthi zicabange ukuthi zinomkhondo wangaphakathi wokuthola okuthile okungcono futhi okunenjongo ngokwengeziwe.
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