Ua puka mua ʻia kahi manaʻo media SPORTS ma ka hopena o ka laka NFL. E like me nā keiki 6 makahiki e loaʻa ana i nā kīʻaha ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pōpeku, lanakila nā kānaka a pau.
E like me Don Banks ma Nā Sports Illustrated kakau iho la [2], hauʻoli i ka hoʻohua ʻana o ka kusi gula i kekahi lā aʻe: "ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā ʻaoʻao nā mea āpau a lākou i makemake ai, akā ua like nā kūkākūkā maikaʻi. a he kuleana ko ka poe nona ka pomaikai."
ʻO kēia mau loiloi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ma ka nānā ʻana i ka helu hope, nalo i ka moʻolelo ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hana lōʻihi loa o ka moʻolelo NFL–i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻaʻole i kokoke like nā ʻaoʻao. Manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea a ka NFLPA i hana ai ua like ia me ka Bad News Bears e ʻoki ana i kahi lanakila kūʻē i ka 1927 New York Yankees. ʻO ia ka Haiti Kid e lawe ana iā King Kong Bundy. ʻO ka poʻe hana, i ka wā austerity, e hahau ana i nā luna a hōʻike ʻo ka lōkahi wale nō ke ala e lanakila ai.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka laka, ua loaʻa i ka poʻe nona ka NFL, i kā lākou manaʻo a, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, iaʻu pū kekahi, nā pono āpau. Ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻōlelo hoʻohiki mai kā lākou mau hoa kīwī he $ 4 biliona i loko o ka "inikua lockout" inā ʻaʻole e lele nā pāʻani. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi limahana me kahi ola ʻoihana ʻekolu a ʻehā mau makahiki, ʻike maopopo ʻole i ka nalo ʻana i kahi uku hoʻokahi.
A ʻo ka mea nui loa, ua loaʻa iā lākou ka mea a lākou i manaʻo ai he manaʻo nui loa ka lehulehu. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa hana i hala, ua ʻaoʻao nā mea pā i ka poʻe i "uku ʻia e pāʻani i kahi pāʻani." Ua makemake ka poʻe nona nā kālā hou aʻe a me nā kau lōʻihi a hoʻokokoke i nā kūkākūkā me ka haʻaheo e hoʻohilahila ai i kahi spawn Murdoch.
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka kamaʻilio ʻana me ka luna hoʻokele o ka NFLPA ʻo DeMaurice Smith i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia kaʻina hana a me ka lohe ʻana i kona manaʻo maikaʻi i mua o kēia mau pilikia, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kamaʻilio ana i ke koa o nā limahana ma Wisconsin a me nā poʻe o ʻAigupita āna i ʻōlelo ai e hoʻoikaika ana iā ia e hakakā i ka paio maikai. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i nā puke āna e heluhelu nei, e like me ka mōʻaukala pono kīwila ʻO ʻAmelika i nā makahiki Mōʻī, na Taylor Branch. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka ʻakaʻaka maikaʻi ʻana iā De Smith me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, "E hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kēia kanaka."
Ua hewa loa au. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo i ka luna kānāwai ʻo David Doty, he mea i koho ʻia e Reagan, e kau ana i kahi kauoha ma kēlā kālā lockout slush $4 biliona, e lawe ana i ka lima kālā o ka mea nona. ʻAʻole wau i helu i ke ala e hoʻopili ai nā pilikia olakino a me ka palekana i nā mea pāʻani, e hana ana i nā haʻalele i waena o nā mea pāʻani 1,900 ʻaʻole i loaʻa.
ʻAʻole au i helu i ke ʻano o ka nui o nā mea pā, huhū i ka laka a hoʻonaʻauao maikaʻi ʻia i nā hopena hope o ka hana ʻino o ka haʻuki, e ʻaoʻao me nā mea pāʻani. ʻAʻole wau i helu i ke ʻano o nā waihona ʻawaʻawa i manaʻo ʻia e nā mea pāʻani NFL a me ka hui ʻana e hoʻopaʻa pū ai iā lākou e kūʻē i ke Komisina NFL ʻo Roger Goodell a me kahi hui nona ka mea i hoʻopunipuni pinepine iā lākou.
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Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou, a i kēia manawa ua maikaʻi nā hopena hopena o ka ʻaelike kūkākūkā hui. Ke nānā nei mākou i kahi kuʻikahi 10-makahiki kahi e piʻi ai ka uku liʻiliʻi he 10 pakeneka o ka makahiki no ke ola o ka ʻaelike. Loaʻa i nā mea pāʻani ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka loaʻa kālā (ma kahi o 46 pakeneka, mai ka 50 pakeneka), akā e loaʻa iā lākou he 55 pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā o ka lehulehu i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e ulu ana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Pono nā hui i kēia manawa e hoʻolilo ma ka liʻiliʻi he 90 pakeneka o ka pāpale uku ma nā uku maoli. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e loaʻa kahi pāpale uku, aia kahi papa uku. I ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, pono nā rookies e kau inoa i nā ʻaelike ʻehā makahiki i hoʻonui ʻia ma ka uku haʻahaʻa. ʻO ka hopena o kēia mau mea a pau, ʻo ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka uku makahiki, a inā hiki i nā mea pāʻani ke noho olakino ma mua o kēlā makahiki ʻehā, e uku maikaʻi ʻia lākou.
Akā aia ka ʻōpala. Inā he 3.4 makahiki wale nō ka ʻoihana maʻamau, pehea lā e hōʻoia ai nā mea pāʻani e noho olakino maikaʻi e loaʻa ai ka lā uku nui? Eia koʻu manaʻo ua hana ka NFLPA i ke ala nui loa. ʻAʻole wale lākou i hoʻihoʻi i ka moemoeā o ka mea nona ka manawa 18-pāʻani, akā ua kūkākūkā pū lākou i kahi papa hana ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī.
E ʻoi aku ka pōkole o ka papahana ma waho o ke kau. He mau lā hoʻomaha hou. E hōʻemi nui ʻia nā hana pili piha. He mea nui kēia no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia e kaupalena wale i ka ʻaʻahu a me ka waimaka ma nā kino o nā mea pāʻani, akā, ʻo ka concussions a me nā ʻeha lolo ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki ʻana i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana ma mua o nā pāʻani.
I ka pau ʻana o nā ʻoihana, hiki i nā mea pāʻani ke lilo i ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā olakino o ka NFL no ke ola. He hana nui kēia no nā mea pāʻani i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o nā hoʻolālā āpau ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻomaha. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻinikua pilikino ma hope o ka pāʻani ʻana i ka NFL he mea pōʻino, ʻoiai ʻo kou kino he pūnaewele spider o nā kūlana mua. E loaʻa nō hoʻi i nā poʻe hoʻomaha loa ka piʻi ʻana o $1 biliona o nā pōmaikaʻi, me $620 miliona e hoʻonui i nā penikala no ka poʻe i hoʻomaha ma mua o 1993.
ʻAe, ua loaʻa i ka poʻe nona kahi ʻāpana nui o ka pai, a ʻae, ua loaʻa iā lākou kā lākou uku uku. ʻAe, ʻae wau me Brian Frederick, ka luna o ka Hui Pūʻali Pāʻani [3], ka mea i ʻōlelo i kēia lā he pilikia ia "ua koi ʻia ka poʻe pā e noho ma ka ʻaoʻao i ka wā o kēia mau kūkākūkā ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o nā haʻawina lehulehu a me nā hoʻokuʻu antitrust a mākou e hāʻawi ai i ka liona." He ʻoiaʻiʻo loa kēia no ka mea, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka hui ʻana, "Ua loaʻa i kanakolukumamākahi o nā kahua pāʻani NFL he 32.
Akā i ka hopena, ʻo kēia kuʻikahi-e kūʻē i nā mea āpau-he lanakila no nā mea pāʻani, ko lākou ʻohana, ko lākou olakino a me kā lākou hoʻoholo kālā no ka wā lōʻihi. He laʻana hoʻi ia no nā limahana ma ka ʻāina. He mana ma ka hana a he mana ma ka lokahi.
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