M'malo mokuwa, "Iphani woyimbira mpira," monga momwe amachitira pamasewera a baseball azaka za m'ma XNUMX, a Dave Zirin. Masewera Oyipa, mโmawu ake omveka bwino otsutsana ndi eni timu, akusonyeza nyimbo ya mโzaka za mโma XNUMX ya โMwini Jail.โ Akadatha kukweza mawu ang'onoang'ono kuchokera kwa George Bernard Shaw ndikuyitcha Buku la Intelligent Sports Fan to Socialism Kukadakhala kuti si onse omwe akusokoneza madzi ponena kuti Barack Obama ndi socialist. Monga momwe ena amaganizira kale omvera omwe akufuna a Shaw Buku la Intelligent Woman's ku Socialism Sizinafike pankhaniyi, pakhala ena amene amakayikira kuti okonda masewera amasiku ano amatha kusinkhasinkha mozama kuposa kugwira kapena kutsamwitsa. Mosiyana ndi omwe amawona kugwirizana kwamwambo kwa magulu a othamanga omwe amafanana ndi yunifolomu ngati chizindikiro cha kuchepa kwa maganizo, Zirin akuumirira kuti mkati mwa masewera onse okonda masewera pali kernel yomveka. Pakuti iye ndi mmodzi wa ife. Ndipo socialism yake, mwa njira, ndi ya Green Bay Packers.
Koma o, eni ake awo! Musanayambe kuganiza kuti mwina bukhu ili ndi kapepala kotsutsa-kapitalist wotopetsa, ndiloleni ndikutsimikizireni kuti Zirin samayiwala kuti iye ndi wolemba masewera, komanso kuti wolemba masewera ayenera kukhala ndi nzeru zake. Chifukwa chake ichi ndi chosangalatsa kwambiri chotsutsana ndi capitalist. Ndipo eni eni awo! Iwo ndithudi amamupatsa iye zinthu zina zabwino. Mwa khumi ndi awiri kapena ochuluka omwe amawafotokozera, zomwe ndimakonda akuyenera kukhala Dan Snyder, mwiniwake wa Washington Redskins, yemwe motsogozedwa ndi iye adakhala "gulu lokhalo lomwe limakugulitsirani mowa m'zipinda zosambira." Zirin mwina akulondola kunena kuti izi "zimaphwanya malamulo onse azaumoyo kuyambira pa Hammurabi Code," koma ndikuyembekeza kuti Snyder adalandira mphotho yaukadaulo kuchokera kwa anzawo. Ndipo muyenera kukonda yomwe imatumiza ogulitsa masitediyamu kuti akagulitse mtedza wa ndege wazaka - mtedza m'matumba a Independence Air, patatha chaka ndege itasiya bizinesi.
Chinyengo cha Snyder cha "mtedza dzulo" ndichabwino kwambiri, chabwino, chiponde, kuyerekeza ndi, titi, $ 12 yolipira yoyimitsira pa tikiti iliyonse, posatengera kuti mwini matikiti amaimikadi galimoto, mathithi kapena kukwera mayendedwe apagulu. Ndipo titafika pabwalo la anthu 91,704 - lomwe silinapezeke m'boma la Columbia, koma "gawo losiyidwa ndi mulungu la Prince George's County," Maryland - yemwe ali ndi tikiti atha kulipiranso $ 100 kuti apite kukayezetsa chitetezo. mzere. Koma zabwino kwambiri zimayenera kukhala $23.99 Pentagon Flag Hats Snyder yomwe idapangidwira chaka chachisanu cha Seputembara 11, ndi ndalama zonse zopita ku Redskins, mpaka wina adamuyitana.
Kodi dziwe lomwe Zirin amapha nsomba ndi lochuluka bwanji? Eya, mwiniwake wakale wa Texas Ranger ochepa George W. Bush samayesa ngakhale mutu wake. Zirin, komabe, amawonetsanso masamba awiri abwino kwambiri pantchito ya bamboyo - pomwe mwina mwapeza kuti ndizosavuta kumuiwala kuposa momwe mumawopa kuti zingakhale choncho. Anapanga bwenzi loyang'anira timu ya baseball ya Texas Rangers chifukwa chogula gawo la 1.8 peresenti ya timu pa ndalama zomwe adabwereka, ndikulandiranso 10 peresenti kutengera mtengo wa dzina lake lodziwika, Bush adakankhira kuyesetsa kwa Rangers Pezani mzinda wa Arlington, Texas kuti ulipire $135 miliyoni pamtengo wonse wa $190 miliyoni wa bwalo latsopano lamasewera. (Bush adagula $606,000 ndipo adagulitsidwa mu 1998 kwa $ 14.9 miliyoni.).
Chomwe chimasangalatsa Zirin, komabe, ndikuti pomwe Bush akufuna kukhala Commissioner wa baseball, eni ake adasankha mwiniwake wa Milwaukee Brewers ndi Purezidenti Bud Selig, yemwe adagwirabe ntchitoyi, komabe sanazengereze kubwezera Bush pomwe adathamangira. Purezidenti wa United States. Sanafune kuti azichita bizinesi yawo, koma amamufuna ku White House, komwe mwina kudzakhala anthu ena oti amukonzere zinthu. Kulingalira uku kunandisiya ndikudzifunsa ngati Selig akanalanda dziko la Iraq ngati zinthu zitapita mwanjira ina.
George Steinbrenner ali ndi mutu wakewake, koma unyinji wonsewo ndi wabwino kwambiri kotero kuti sakuwonekera makamaka m'bukuli, phata lake ndi nkhani ya akatswiri azamasewera omwe amalimbikira mosalekeza pa dola. Zirin amatchula mwiniwake wakale wa timu ya National Football League Art Modell akufotokozera anzake kuti ndi "a Republican makumi awiri ndi asanu ndi limodzi omwe amavotera socialist" (tsopano 32), zomwe zikutanthauza kuti amakhulupirira ndalama zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito pamene zikuyang'aniridwa mosamala ku zinthu monga malo atsopano a masewera akatswiri. Zirin akuti eni ake agulitsira anthu pafupifupi $30 biliyoni kapena kupitilira apo pazaka 25 zapitazi pomwe mabwalo amasewera omwe amathandizidwa ndi boma "alowa m'malo mwa chilichonse chofanana ndi mfundo zamatawuni mdziko muno." Ganizirani za New Orleans akugwiritsa ntchito $ 185 miliyoni kukonzanso Superdome - theka la ndalama za Federal Emergency Management Administration - pomwe sanafune komanso / kapena osatha kusunga onse okhala mkuntho wa Hurricane Katrina.
Kodi mzinda wanu umasewera mu ligi yayikulu ndikumanga bwalo latsopanolo, kapena mukufuna kulola mzinda wina kuti uchite izi pomwe mukulola gulu lomwe mumaganiza kuti ndi lanu lichoke pomwe tawuni yanu ikuyang'anizana ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo "otsekeredwa mkati sewero la Thornton Wilder,โ monga Zirin amanenera? Ngakhale kuti ambiri a ku Brooklyn azaka zina akadali ndi mndandanda wafupipafupi wa Walter O'Malley ndi Hitler ndi Stalin chifukwa chosuntha a Dodgers kutali, Zirin amatikumbutsa za munthu yemwe adakhazikitsa ndondomeko ya see-ya-kenako, Robert Irsay. Ndi anthu akumaloko omwe sanafune kukonza bwalo lamasewera la Baltimore Colts mu 1983 komanso a Maryland House of Delegates atapereka malamulo oti agule timuyo pansi paulamuliro wotchuka, Irsay adalamula kuti ma vans khumi ndi asanu a Mayflower ndi alonda a Pinkerton, mobisa. mumdima, adanyamula mayunifolomu a timu, mafayilo, ndi china chilichonse chomwe chidawapanga kukhala ma Colts ndikupita nawo kusitediyamu yopanda kanthu yodikirira ku Indianapolis.
Tsopano, kwa Green Bay Packers mtundu wa socialism. Otsatira a Packers samadandaula zamtundu uwu kwambiri. Masiku ano, mzinda wa Wisconsin wa pafupifupi 104,000 ukhoza kuwoneka ngati malo osatheka kwa gulu la NFL. Osati nthawi zonse mwanjira imeneyo. Pamene gulu la Packers, lotchedwa Packers, lomwe linapatsidwa dzina la anthu ogwira ntchito mโgulu la blue collar amene ankanyamula zinthu, linalowa nawo mโligiyi mu 1921, bungwe la American Professional Football Association, lomwe panthaลตiyo linkatchedwa, linaphatikizapo magulu ochokera ku Akron, Canton, Dayton, Evansville, Hammond, Muncie, Rochester, Rock. Island, and Tonawanda. Chifukwa chachikulu chomwe Green Bay inali idakalipo kuti ipambane ma Super Bowls awiri oyamba (ndi enanso awiri kuyambira pamenepo) pomwe ena onse anali atapita pofika 1930 ndikuti a Packers atakumana ndi mavuto azachuma mu 1923, gululi linakonzedwanso ngati bungwe la anthu onse ndi zolemba za. kulengeza kuti, ngati timu itagulitsidwa, phindu lonse lipita ku American Legion Post yakomweko. Monga Zirin akuwona, wokonda aliyense amayenera chitetezo chamtunduwu.
Amanyalanyaza kusinthasintha kwa mafani, komanso momwe kupambana kumachiritsa mabala awo. Chifukwa cha 14 zotsatizana zotayika zomwe mwiniwake wa Baltimore Orioles Peter Angelos adatsogolera, Zirin akulemba kuti: "Zidzatenga zambiri kuposa kupambana kubwezera mafani. Zimenezo zingafanane ndi โkupereka CPR kwa mtembo.โโ Komabe pa May 25 chaka chino, mafani 11,000 a Oriole anagula matikiti usiku wa masewerawo, nโkuika mbiri ya sitediyamu yoloลตa pokwera. Gululi lidayamba kusewera bwino ndipo mafani adabwerera, ngakhale Angelos anali adakalipo.
Momwemonso, Zirin adagwira mawu wanthabwala yemwe amafanizira otsika a National Basketball Association a Los Angeles Clippers komanso ngwazi yazaka 16 Lakers, omwe amagawana nawo malo omwewo: "Bokosi lapamwamba la Lakers ndi magalasi a prawn, caviar ndi opera pomwe Clippers amakhala. Zantac, zikwama za barf, mabuku abwino, ndi cyanide.โ Koma mukuganiza chiyani? Clippers adapeza MVP waposachedwa Chris Paul kuti adutse mpirawo, ndipo Blake Griffin kuti adutse (Griffin nthawi ina adadumphira pagalimoto pampikisano wampikisano wa ligi - inali Kia, ngati mukudabwa) ndipo anthu adayamba kupita ku Zantac. ; a Clippers adatulutsa Lakers kunyumba nyengo yathayi.
Simupeza ndemanga zambiri pamalipiro a osewera pano. Izi sizodabwitsa kwa bukhu lofotokoza zofooka za eni ake, komabe zikuwoneka kuti zasokonekera pakudzudzula kwakukulu kotere kwa akatswiri azamasewera m'moyo waku America. Pali zodzilungamitsa, ndithudi. Bwanji kusankha malipiro a othamanga odziwika kwambiri pamene nthawi zambiri sitidziwa zomwe eni ake amapanga? Ndani angatchule "malipiro" a eni ake m'modzi? Mukukumbukira momwe Major League baseball idakwiyira pomwe mwini wake wa Los Angeles Dodger a Frank McCourt amayenera kutsegula mabuku a timu ya Major League pakusudzulana kwake? Zinthu zotere sizimachitidwa. Tsogolo lake ndi ligi lidasindikizidwa pomwepo - ngakhale asanayese kukakamiza ena onse kuti azitsatira. Titha kuyerekeza mwanzeru za malipiro a eni ake, komabe. Malipiro omaliza a Commissioner Selig - $18.3 miliyoni mu 2007 - ndipo ziwerengero za mlandu wa McCourt zikuwonetsa kuti kutenga $20 miliyoni pachaka sikungamveke kwa eni timu. Ndipo popeza pali osewera a baseball opitilira khumi ndi awiri okha omwe akupanga zochulukirapo kuposa izi, ndipo osewera ndi omwe anthu amabwera kudzawona, mutha kumvetsetsa momwe Zirin sangafune kuyang'ana pamalipiro owopsa a osewera. Kupatula apo, mkazi wa Albert Pujols sanatchule St. Louis Cardinals zaka zisanu, $130 miliyoni kupereka kwa mwamuna wake "chipongwe" pamene Zirin anali kulemba bukhu.
Za zomwe adasankha kulemba, komabe, ali pachimake ndi funso lake la umwini. Ndipo eni ake sakudziwa! Pozindikira kuti chitsanzo chabwino cha Packers chinali chiwopsezo kwa eni ake "abwinobwino", popeza 1960 NFL yaletsa bungwe lililonse lopanda phindu kugula kapena kuyambitsa gulu. Ponena za baseball, pomwe Joan Kroc adayesa kupereka a Padres, omwe adalandira kuchokera kwa mwamuna wake woyambitsa McDonald, Ray, ku mzinda wa San Diego, pamodzi ndi $ 100 miliyoni, Major League baseball idasokoneza mgwirizano. (Kroc pambuyo pake adzagulitsa kwa eni ake olemera $75 miliyoni.)
Ndipo palinso imodzi yokhudza Texan kugula timu ya mpira wa Liverpool - koma sindikuwuzani zonse zomwe zili m'bukuli. Zomwe ndikuuzeni ndikuti aliyense amene amakonda masewera koma amadana ndi eni timu atha kuzipeza zabwino kwambiri pamutuwu kuyambira pomwe Hunter Thompson adawombera komaliza.
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