Super Bowl yana da ban mamaki a wannan shekara. Wanene yake buƙatar nuna gaskiya game da tashin hankali, rinjaye, da jima'i, ba tare da ambaton lalacewar kwakwalwa ba, yanzu da muke da Trumpball, ainihin gaskiyar da ba wai kawai ya tabbatar da ikon mallakar kwallon kafa ba amma ya canza mu daga masu kallo zuwa wadanda abin ya shafa? Kafin wannan wasan ya ƙare, ƴan wasan na iya ɗibar manyan manyan mutane kuma su doke mu.
Pro kwallon kafa a zahiri taimaka shirya mu ga sabon shugaban kasa cin nasara ta hanyar daidaita wani asali akida na jock al'adu: duk wanda ba a cikin tawagar ne maƙiyi, da Sauran. Kuma lokacin budewa ne akan abokan hamayya, masu son abokan hamayya, masu suka, da mata (sai dai idan sun kasance masu fara'a ko uwaye). Maganganun shara shine yare na wannan lokacin Trump, cin zarafi da dabara.
Duk da haka ƙwallon ƙafa ya kuma samar mana da mafi kyawun hoto guda ɗaya na juriyar wariyar launin fata na Amurka. Lokacin rani na ƙarshe, kafin wasan pre-season, San Francisco 49ers kwata-kwata Colin Kaepernick zauna a lokacin da ake rera taken ƙasar a matsayin alamar kin “nuna fahariya ga wata tuta ga ƙasar da ke zaluntar baƙar fata da masu launin fata.” Yayin da kakar ta ci gaba, ya fara sauka a kan sa gwiwa dama a lokacin da aka fara waƙar, yana bayyana cewa yana saka bakaken safa da aka yi wa ado da aladu cikin huluna na 'yan sanda. Wadannan, in ji shi, suna wakiltar "'yan sanda masu damfara wadanda aka ba su damar rike mukamai a sassan 'yan sanda." A ƙarshe zai daina saka su, yana da tabbacin cewa safa kuskure ne na dabara.
Hotunan Kaepernick na rashin tashin hankali, wanda aka yi da farko ba tare da nuna sha'awa ba, sune saƙo mafi ƙarfi daga SportsWorld tun waccan shekara mai wuyar yanke ƙauna da ƙuduri, 1968, lokacin da 'yan wasan Olympics biyu na Amurka, Tommie Smith da John Carlos, tashe Baƙaƙen safar hannu a birnin Mexico. Abin mamaki, Smith, Carlos, da Kaepernick duk wani mutum ɗaya ne ya koyar da su. Harry Edwards. A cikin shekarun 1960, a matsayinsa na matashin farfesa na jihar San Jose, Edwards ya kirkiro shirin Olympics don 'yancin ɗan adam a matsayin zanga-zangarsa na nuna wariyar launin fata. Yanzu Farfesa Berkeley mai ritaya, ya kasance mai ba da shawara na dogon lokaci ga 49ers.
Shekaru arba'in da tara da suka gabata, a matsayin alamomin abin da ake kira juyin juya hali na 'yan wasa - ƙoƙari na yin tsayayya da mulkin zalunci na masu horarwa da masu gudanarwa, musamman kan 'yan wasan kwallon kafa na Afirka-Amurka da masu fafatawa a gasar tsere-da-filin koleji - Smith da Carlos sun kasance saniyar ware. Madadin haka “yunƙurin” na motsa jiki ya rikiɗe zuwa yunƙurin neman sneaker. Amma a wannan karon, alkawuran Edwards, zai bambanta. "Bayyana yanayin motsi na Kaepernick" (da kuma karuwar goyon baya tsakanin 'yan wasa don damuwa)," in ji shi kwanan nan. rubuta, "yana nufin cewa za a sami wasu lokuta masu tada hankali a zamanin Trump mai zuwa yayin da matsin lamba kan 'yan wasa su tashi tsaye su yi magana."
Ba za ku yi mamakin sanin cewa nan da nan Donald Trump ya yi watsi da karimcin Kaepernick ba, gaya wani gidan rediyo na Seattle, "Ina ganin abu ne mai ban tsoro, kuma ka sani, watakila ya kamata ya nemo kasar da ta fi dacewa da shi, bari ya gwada, ba zai faru ba." Daga nan sai ya ci gaba, kamar yadda yake so ya yi - watakila saboda ya riga ya gundura ko watakila saboda ya haifar da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar kwanakin ƙwallon ƙafa na kansa.
Mai Wasanni Trump Ya Rusa Kungiyarsa
Donald Trump tsohon labari ne a gare ni. Lokacin da na fara magana da shi a tsakiyar 1980s - a lokacin na kasance mai ba da rahoto game da wasanni CBS Lahadi da safe tare da Charles Kuralt - kawai ya sayi Janar na New Jersey na Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka (USFL), sannan a cikin shekara ta biyu na aiki. USFL ta buga wasanninta a cikin bazara da bazara don guje wa gasa kai tsaye tare da Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa don magoya baya da samun damar TV, amma ta yi nasarar yin nasara a kan gasar da aka kafa don yawan tauraro, ciki har da Herschel Walker, Steve Young, da Doug Flutie.
A cikin doguwar hirar da muka yi ta farko, Trump ya tabbatar mani da cewa shi ba mutum ne da ya ci ta sabon sayan sa ba. ("Idan gasar ba ta yi nasara ba, to, kun sani, ya ƙare zuwa abu na gaba.") Ya yi, duk da haka, ya yi alfahari - ya riga ya kasance Donald, ba shakka - cewa sa hannu ya ba USFL "kadan kadan. karin matsayi mai kama da yaki ga kafawa," da kuma "sihiri" na Hasumiyar Trump zai inganta hoton gasar. Ya nace cewa ba ya son kulawa da kansa, amma yana jin wajibi ne ya yi wannan hirar saboda na wakilci “babban wasan kwaikwayo.” Har ma a lokacin, ya yi magana a cikin salon adjectival (Babban! Baƙin ciki!) Yanzu ya saba da dukan Amirkawa. A lokacin, ko da yake na ji cewa duk laka ce, ni ɗan jarida ne kuma aƙalla ya rufe ƙasa.
Lokacin da na tambaye shi game da rahotannin cewa boyayyar manufa ta USFL ita ce ta haɗa kai da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa mai nasara ko kuma aƙalla matsa mata lamba kan shigar da wasu daga cikin ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani, ya amsa da gaske, “Ban yi tunanin hakan ya zama gaskiya ba. ,” ya kara da cewa, “Ba na tsammanin yana cikin katunan shekaru da yawa.”
Tabbas, Trump ya zama jagorar rukunin masu mallakar da ke tura sabuwar gasar don canza wasanninta zuwa faduwa, ƙalubale kai tsaye ga NFL. Shari'ar kin amincewa da wannan gasar ta biyo baya, ta ƙare cikin nasara ta Pyrrhic. Hukumar ta USFL ta sami hukuncin dala 3 kuma ta ruguje, bayan da ta yi asarar dubun-dubatar daloli a cikin wannan tsari.
Duk haka Trumpian ne, sosai sifar abubuwan da za su zo. Watakila ban dauke shi da mahimmanci ba a lokacin saboda mu biyun mun fito daga Queens, wani yanki na waje na birnin New York, ko kuma saboda ya riga ya kasance sanannen tallan talla da kuma sunan tabloid na gaba. Sai dai na zo da fahimta guda biyu wadanda suka taimaka min a hirar da muka yi da shi daga baya (lokacin da batun ya shafi dukiya ko siyasa): na farko cewa, ya kan amsa tambaya ko da kuwa wata bukata ce, matukar shi ne batunta. , kuma na biyu, cewa yana da kyauta ga abin da na zo tunaninsa a matsayin tausayi na farauta. Ya kware sosai wajen karanta abin da mai tambayarsa ke son ji sannan ya sake fasalin kansa da amsarsa yadda ya kamata.
Da zarar ya karanta ni a matsayin mai sassaucin ra'ayi tare da rauni ga falsafar pop, yawanci ya amsa tambaya game da nauyin ɗabi'a na masu wasanni ta hanyar ba da wannan abin da ake tsammani: "Na yi tunanin cewa ya kamata ku zama masu mutunci, ya kamata ku yi adalci, ya kamata ku yi adalci. ku kasance madaidaiciya, kuma ya kamata ku yi iyakar abin da za ku iya. Kuma bayan haka, ba za ku iya yin yawa da gaske ba. Don haka eh, kuna da alhaki." Sa’an nan, kamar yana ƙara rubutu a gefen kalaman nasa mara kyau, ya daɗa cewa, “Ban tabbata ko iyakar wannan alhakin ba.”
Yawanci, ya shanye wutsiyarsa kuma wanda ya san abin da yake nufi, har da shi. A cikin shekarun 1990s, kamar yadda mai masaukin baki na al'amuran jama'a na PBS ya nuna sannan kuma ya dawo da rubuce-rubucen ginshiƙai. New York Times, Na kalli kamun ludayinsa na kara kumbura yayin da yake cika lokacin iska da littattafan rubutu. Amma me kuma jaridar zata iya tambaya?
Sau ɗaya, saboda dalilan da ba zan iya tunawa ba, na koma ga abin da ake tsammani na “hakki” nasa, na tambaye shi ko yana so ya “gudanar da ƙasar kamar yadda kuka gudanar da ƙungiyar ku.”
“Na fi son wani ya yi. Ban sani ba ko wani yana wurin,” ya amsa, kamar wanda ya riga ya yi tunanin ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2017. “Kasar nan,” ya kara da cewa, “yana bukatar babban tiyata.”
"Kaine likitan tiyata?"
"Ina tsammanin zan yi aiki mai ban mamaki, amma da gaske na fi son kada in yi."
Na yi tunani game da Donald Trump tun daga lokacin - ya yi tasiri a kan ku - kuma na gane cewa shi avatar ne na mafi munin al'adun jock. (Hakika, ya kasance ƙwararren ɗan wasa na makarantar sakandare.) Irinsa mai fahariya, cin zarafi, kifin kifin yana jurewa a cikin ɗakunan kulle (kamar a ofisoshin tallace-tallace, bariki, benaye na kasuwanci, da majalisa) kamar dai babban kare. iya bayarwa. Wanda ya aikata. Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa abokansa da abokan kasuwancinsa a SportsWorld sun haɗa da wasu sanannun PT Barnums guda biyu, wasan dambe. Don King da kokawa Vince McMahon (Matar sa, Linda, yanzu ita ce Trump ya zaba don jagorantar Hukumar Kula da Kasuwanci).
Wani dabi'a na al'ada na jock yana jujjuyawa don kare alpha (est) a cikin filin ku, ya kasance jagoran tawagar, koci, mai shi, ko ma shugaban Rasha. Wani abin al'ajabi, da Trump ya zama mai nasara na NFL, da zai shafe gaba ɗaya kamar yadda mai New England Patriots Robert Kraft ya yi lokacin da shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin ya yi. aljihu zobensa na Super Bowl a 2005 kuma ya fita daga dakin taronsu na Moscow da shi. Ba a sake dawowa ba. Karkashin matsin lamba daga fadar White House ta George W. Bush, a cewar Kraft, ya yi iƙirarin cewa wannan kyauta ce, amma bayan shekaru ya canza labarinsa. Kraft dan jam'iyyar Democrat ne, yayin da kocinsa, Bill Belichick, da kwatankwacinsa, Tom Brady, abokan Trump ne. Patriots, mafi kyawun ƙungiyar zamaninmu, ba shakka, za su yi wasa da Atlanta Falcons a cikin Super Bowl.
Menene Jock Spring?
Colin Kaepernick, alas, ba zai sami zoben Super Bowl ba, aƙalla ba wannan shekara ba. 49ers, dogon lokaci mai nasara da riba mai riba, sun ƙare da rikodin 2-14 a wannan kakar. Kaepernick, mai shekaru 29, gwani ne mai karfin hannu. Da zarar wani abin farin ciki wanda ya jagoranci tawagarsa zuwa Super Bowl a cikin 2013, kawai kakarsa ta biyu kuma ta farko a matsayin mai farawa, da alama ya rasa wasu daga cikin mojo a cikin 'yan shekarun nan.
Har yanzu yana da ɗabi'a mai ban sha'awa, ko da yake: kabilanci, wanda iyayen fari farare suka taso, mai hankali, kuma mai son sani. Jikinsa da hannayensa an yi musu tattoo da jumlar addini, kuma ya sumbaci “Ga Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki” tat akan biceps na dama bayan kowane taɓawa, wanda aka fi sani da “Kaepernicking.”
Fitowarsa a matsayin gwarzo mai ci gaba, duk da haka, ya ba Harry Edwards mamaki. "Ba wanda ya ga (Muhammad) Ali yana zuwa, babu wanda ya ga Kaepernick yana zuwa," Edwards ya gaya Elliott Almond asalin San Jose Mercury News. "Ya kasance a cikin al'adar mutanen da suka saba bude sababbin hanyoyi. Babu wanda ya ga Dr. [Martin Luther] King yana zuwa.”
Sanya Kaepernick a cikin irin wannan gasar na iya zama da wuri, amma ya motsa abin da za a iya kira Jock Spring, kuma ba wai kawai saboda shi ba. alkawari don raba dala miliyan farko na albashin sa a wannan kakar ga kungiyoyin agaji. Taurarin ƙwallon ƙafa na mata, ƴan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na sakandare da masu horar da su, ’Yan Wasan Kwallon Kafa na Ƙasa da Mata na Ƙasa duk sun fara durkushewa guda ɗaya yayin da waƙar ƙasar ta buge. Alkalin Kotun Koli Ruth Bader Ginsburg kira alamar "bebe da rashin mutunci" kafin masu fadin nadama ga maganarta. Time sanya Kaepernick akan murfinsa. Trump zargi shi, a wani ɓangare, don raguwa a cikin ƙimar NFL.
Alamomin farko na Jock Spring a zahiri sun riga sun rigaya sun nuna rashin amincewarsa. A watan Yulin da ya gabata, New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony aika a shafinsa na Instagram wani tsohon hoton bakar fata da bakar fata guda goma sha biyu na ’yan wasa bakar fata sanye da kwat da alade, sun nuna rashin amincewa a wani taron koli na taurarin wasanni. Sahun gaba na wannan hoton na 1967 a yanzu ya zama kamar wasa Mt. Rushmore — Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, da Muhammad Ali, wanda aka cire masa kambun nauyi mai nauyi bayan ya ki a sa shi aikin soja.
Sakon Anthony ya yi kira ga “dukkan ’yan uwana ’yan wasa da su tashi tsaye don daukar nauyinsu. Je zuwa ga jami'an yankinku, shugabanni, dan majalisa, 'yan majalisa/matar majalisa kuma ku nemi canji. Babu sauran zama da jin tsoron tunkudewa da magance al'amuran siyasa kuma. Waɗannan kwanakin sun daɗe. Dole ne mu tashi mu dauki nauyin. Ba za mu iya damuwa game da irin amincewar da za mu rasa ba ko kuma wa zai yi mana kallon mahaukaci. Ina bukatan a ji muryoyin ku. Za mu iya neman canji."
Wani jawabi ne mai ban mamaki daga wani dan wasan da aka fi sani da rashin zura kwallo a raga. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan haka, ya shiga cikin tauraruwar NBA Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, da LeBron James a kan dandalin ESPN na nunin kyaututtuka na shekara-shekara, inda LeBron ayyana: “Ba wai zama abin koyi ba ne, ba wai alhakinmu ne na al’adar fafutuka ba. Na san a daren nan muna girmama Muhammad Ali, Akuyar [Mafi Girman Zamani], amma don yin adalci ga gadonsa, mu yi amfani da wannan lokacin a matsayin kira ga duk ƙwararrun ƴan wasa mu ilimantar da kanmu, mu bincika waɗannan batutuwa, mu yi magana. , ku yi amfani da tasirinmu, kuma ku yi watsi da duk wani tashin hankali."
Bayan wata daya, Kaepernick ya zauna.
"'Yan wasa suna da babbar waya mafi girma a kasar," in ji Edwards ga Almond a cikin Q-da-A. "Kowa ya san da 'yan wasa. Kap ya buɗe tattaunawa game da abin da wataƙila ya fi rikitarwa, mafi wahala, kuma mafi tsayi da tsayin daka kuma ba za a iya magance shi ba dangane da dangantakar kabilanci a wannan ƙasa: Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa yana da mahimmanci ga Colin ya cire safa na alade. .
“Na gaya masa cewa mun fuskanci hakan a shekarun 1960 kuma yana daya daga cikin manyan kura-kurai da muka taba tafka. Daga karshe, za mu zauna a kan teburi tare da 'yan sanda kuma da fatan za mu cimma matsaya kan wasu batutuwan rayuwa da kisa."
Yayin da kakar ta kare, abokan wasan Kaepernick sun ba shi lambar yabo ta Len Eshmont don "wasa mai ban sha'awa da jajircewa," suna yin ba'a. rahotanni a kafafen yada labarai cewa ya dade yana nisantar da sauran tawagar. Edwards ya bayyana kafafen yada labarai da kafa wasanni a matsayin mara hankali idan aka zo batun ci gaban goyon bayan Kaepernick tsakanin 'yan wasa - lamarin da ya yi alkawarin "wasu lokutan tashin hankali a zamanin Trump mai zuwa."
Laifin Kaepernick mafi girman kai shine hanyar da ya huda kwanciyar hankali na filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, yana barin haske da wasu gaskiya masu wuya - gami da wannan gaskiyar: waɗanda ke da ƙima da ƙwararrun masu wasan kwaikwayo na iya samun ainihin tunani game da duniya a waje da farar layin, Duniya tana ƙara zama mai haɗari ga waɗanda ke tunanin bai kamata Trumpball ya zama abin sha'awa na ƙasa ba.
Trump ya ce ba zai halarci Super Bowl ba - hakan na iya zama gaskiya - amma zai zauna don tattaunawar da aka saba yi kafin wasan shugaban kasa, a wannan shekara tare da Bill O'Reilly na Fox, wanda zai watsa a kan mafi kyawun taron. kalanda wasanni. Ya kamata ku kunna? Yayin da muke kan dimokuradiyya, ku yanke shawarar kanku. Ku yi duk abin da kuka yi don ƙaddamarwa.
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