Watson
Apo President
George W. Bush (pakati pevazhinji vezvematongerwo enyika) akarayira vanhu vekuAmerica kuti nzira inoshanda
kupindura munaGunyana 11 kwaive "kuenda kumall," zvakajekeswa kuti
bhizinesi reAmerica, sezvakataurwa naCalvin Coolidge, ibhizinesi. kuti
zvichinzi, pane here anti-capitalist rhetoric kana hurukuro kunze uko mu
mainstream media? Iripo, asi haifanirwe kuwanikwa mumapeji e-op-ed eiyo
New York Times kana pane chero yeCNN isingaverengeki yepaneru hurukuro dzine
masutu epakati-kati achibvuma zvakasimba kuti America haikanganisi.
Waona here
mapeji emitambo munguva pfupi yapfuura? Wakambonzwa redhiyo yemitambo? Wakaona tsananguro yeESPN
kuratidza? Ndiko kwaunowana mamwe eanonyanya kupikisa anti-capitalist
rhetoric kubvira Pravda akapetwa.
Vanyori venhau,
vatori venhau, uye vatsigiri vanoshandisa nhepfenyuro idzi kunyomba mukuru
zvikwata zvemitambo. Vakuru veligi, varidzi vetimu, vamiriri vevatambi, uye vatambi
vose vanoratidzirwa mukusekwa, kunyombwa, uye kuzvidzwa. Vanokara, vanozvitutumadza, vanozvida,
oafish, hutsinye, rusaruraganda, tsotsi, parasitic, uye kupenga, aya angori sampuli
yemashoko mafeni anokanda kune avo vanotamba uye vanodzora mitambo yepro. Hwaro hwe
kutsamwa kwese uku kunenge kuri mari yakawanda mumitambo.
Teerera mitambo
redhiyo kwemazuva mashoma uye munhu anokurumidza kuwana fungidziro yakajeka yekuti chii chinobatsira
wedzera hasha idzi ipfungwa yekuda kutengesa mafani kune timu yavanoda kana
mutambo. Mafeni, chekutanga, vanoda zvemutambo.
The emotional uye
Kudyara kwenjere kunoitwa nefani muchikwata kunomiririra chinhu chinokwanisa kushandiswa
zvevaridzi vezvikwata zvemitambo zvepro. Mitengo yekubvumidzwa yakakwira kusvika pa
poindi apo zvigaro zvepamusoro zvechiitiko chemitambo zvinogona kudhura sekugara kwehusiku
muhotera ine nyeredzi shanu. Zvigaro zvakasara zvinotengwa zvakanyanya nepamusoro pepakati
mihoro yekirasi uye zvigaro zvakachipa zvinowanzodzorwa nevanogona
kutenga matikiti emwaka kana, kana timu yakakurumbira, avo vanogona kutenga scalper's
mitengo.
Terevhizheni, kamwe
mukurumbira mukuru wemitambo yepro, yakawedzera kuve yakasarudzika,
nemitambo hurongwa inofamba ichienda kune yakakosha tambo chiteshi senge ESPN kana
kubhadhara-per-kuona.
Ko hasha dza
vatsigiri vemitambo zvine musoro? Inomiririra chimwe chinhu kunze kwekushatirwa nacho
mamirire ezvinhu enhandaro inodiwa? Nezvikonzero zvakawanda ndinofunga zvinoita,
chekutanga ndechekuti mitambo yemapro inofumura vanhu kumufananidzo we capitalism
pasina yakajairika scrim yekambani / yehurumende PR uye propaganda.
Kana varidzi veNFL
saArt Modell, Al Davis, Georgia Frontiere, nevamwe vanofambisa zvikwata zvavo kubva
rimwe guta kune rimwe mukudzoka kwekuzorora mutero, kutsigirwa kana kutamba mahara
zvivakwa, uye pasuru yese yezvimwe zvinokurudzira, ivo havasi kuita chero
zvakasiyana nemakambani eAmerica anoendesa mafekitori kumatunhu kana zvimwewo
nyika dzinopa mihoro yakaderera, mitero yakaderera, kana zvimwewo zveupfumi. The chete
musiyano ndewekuti varidzi venhabvu havanetse ne spin control.
Fekitari iyo
inovhara muMichigan kuti itsiviwa neimwe muMexico inotsanangurwa se
“rationalization,” “strategic re-allocation of assets” kana “danho rinodiwa kuti
ramba uchikwikwidza pasi rose.” Apo Robert Irsay akatamisa tsika yake-yakapfuma Baltimore
Colts kuIndianapolis haana kana kunetseka netsanangudzo; akarongedza
midziyo yechikwata ndokumhanya kunze kweguta.
Saizvozvowo, the
New York Yankees havakumbire ruregerero pavanobvuta tarenda repamusoro kubva kudiki
zvikwata zvemusika. Zvibvumirano zvinogashirwa nevatambi ava dzimwe nguva zvinogona kuenzana
payroll yese yechikwata mutambi wacho akabva. Izvi zvakafanana, titi, kune
bhizimusi rekurima richipinda muNyika yeTatu uye kutenga kana kuita makondirakiti ese
ivhu rakanakisa rekurima “zvirimwa zvemari” zvekutengesa kunze kwenyika ukuwo varimi vemuno
vanoziya nenzara nokuda kwokushayiwa minda yokurima. Mhedzisiro yakaipa yezvitengeswa kunze kwenyika ndeye
yakanyorwa nehurukuro ye "kubatsira chikamu chekubhadhara" kana "kuunza
ruzivo rwezvekurima kunyika dzisina kusimukira pasi rose.”
Zvinoita sezviri pachena
kuti kana vateveri vemitambo vanoita nehasha pazviito zveYankees neIrsays
yenyika, havasi kungochema mamiriro emutambo. Chikamu cheizvi
hasha dzinobva pakuziva kuti mari, capital, iri kushandiswa sechombo,
uye yakagomara, ipapo. Iyo capitalism yakafumurwa uye nhamba yakakosha ye
vanhu, vazhinji vavo vasingazvitsanangure semasocialists kana hupenyu hwavo
vachitsamira pazviri, vanoshamiswa nezvavanoona.
Another
chinonakidza chehasha dze fan ndechekuti maforamu eruzhinji anowana izwi mukati-
mapeji emitambo, zvirongwa zvefoni, zvinotsanangura zvemitambo zvirongwa zveTV—zvichida ndiwo
zvitoro zvikuru chete zvinotenderwa nevezvenhau zvemafungiro anopokana nehutungamiriri muU.S.
Zvitoro izvi zvimwe hazvizive kuti zviri kukurukurwa zvingave
yakanzi "ngozi yesocialist" kana ichionekwa mune imwe mamiriro kana
forum.
Kunyangwe zvakawanda
kushoropodzwa kweruzhinji kunonangana nemitambo yepro hakukwire zvakanyanya pamusoro peiyo
kudana mazita, zvakakosha kuti iripo zvachose. Zvakaoma kufungidzira a
bepanhau kana tambo chiteshi nguva dzose ichipa chikamu kana chirongwa kuzvivi
ye capitalism, asi zvirokwazvo pamazuva mazhinji vezvenhau vemitambo vanoita sevakazara
ine chekuita nekurasa mari uye chimiro chemakambani emitambo yepro.
Kufara uye
kudzika kwekutaura kwakadzama munyika yemitambo kunomira mukurerukirwa kukuru
"nguva dzose" nhau. Muchina wenhau mukuru, semuenzaniso, wakabata iyo Enron
debacle sekunge yaive mhando yekuparara kwechitima chekambani, mhosva yacho
inogona kurovererwa zvakachengeteka pane mamwe akaonda akaunzi uye vatariri. Kwave kune
hurukuro shoma yakakomba pamusoro peEnron kuve mhedzisiro yehurumende nemaune
kudzikisira uye tsika yekambani inopa mubayiro uye inokurudzira fiscal avarice.
Mainstream midhiya inosarudza kuratidza kunyungudika kweEnron sekukanganisa, zvisinei
inoshamisa.
Kuenzanisa
tarisa nzira iyo vezvenhau vemitambo vanga vachibata chirongwa cheligi guru baseball
ku "contract" zvikwata. Vatauri (uye vateveri) vanga vachibvumirana mukati
vachiseka tsananguro yebaseball Commissioner Bud Selig yekuti hutano hwe
mutambo unoenderana nekudurura zvikwata, zvichiratidza kuti danho iri riri pamusoro
kupatsanura mari yekodzero dzeTV pakati pezvikwata zvishoma, ukuwo
nguva yekudonha zvikwata zviviri, Montreal neMinnesota, izvo zvinowedzera chero chinhu
National TV ratings. Kupfuurirazve, iyi yekuyedza kufamba yakafumura baseball kune a
blizzard yekushoropodza pazviitwa zvayo zvese, kubva kune yakawandisa yemahara mumiriri
kusaina kune zviito zvisina hushamwari zvenyeredzi.
Capitalist
kusazvibata munyika yemitambo kunonyatsoongororwa uye nekutsoropodza. Izvi
Kuongorora kwakadzama pro sport inogashira padyo zuva nezuva yakabatsira kugadzira fan
kusagadzikana uye, mune dzimwe nguva, kupandukira kwe fan. Baseball, ligi guru
mutambo unodzorwa zvakanyanya nemari hombe, wanga uchinyanya kukosha
kukuvadzwa nehasha dze fan. Mumakore kubva pakavharwa basa muna 1994, rutsigiro rwevateveri
paturnstile uye pamberi peTV yakaderera zvakanyanya, zvinoshamisa
muenzaniso kuva Montreal Expos, chikwata chiri kunetseka kudhirowa AAA-saizi
mapoka evanhu
Chiratidzo chimwe chechokwadi che
kuwedzera kusafara kwefani nekurwa nebanga re capitalist iyo pro sports ine
kuva ndiyo nhamba yemafranchise anosvetuka kubva kuguta kuenda kuguta achitsvaga
greenbacker mafuro. Kusiyana neexpansionist 1970s uye 1980s, kana itsva
franchise uye pro ligi akabuda kwese kwese, makore gumi apfuura akaona
pro sport franchises inofamba-famba senge carnival inofamba. Zvino, chitsama che
Zvikwata zvakapfuma zvikuru mune yega yega pro ligi inotonga eelite mutambi tarenda dziva. Izvi
zvinoguma nerunyorwa rurefu rwevasina-vasina zvikwata zvinotamburira zvisina maturo kuwana a
kukunda rekodhi. Vafudzi vanorwadziwa uye nehasha vanoziva nezvekusaenzana uku
Zvichida zvakanyanya
inonakidza chikamu che-anti-capitalist bent yevazhinji vateveri nemitambo
vatori venhau ndeyekuti inogadzira nzvimbo yakaorera yekudzidzisa vanhu
nezvematambudziko makuru akagadzirwa nehupfumi hwehupfumi. Thanks kune
mendacious uye piratical maitiro emitambo yepro, mamirioni evateveri vane ruzivo nazvo
nzira uye nzira iyo bankroll hombe inogona kurongedza dhizari kurwisa midzi yavo
zvavanofarira uye zvinofarirwa nemitambo yavo. Haisi kusvetuka kukuru kubva ipapo kuenda
ratidza vanhu kuti capitalism inoparadza timu yavanofarira kana mutambo inogona sei, uye
ndiko, kuparadza hupenyu mukati uye kunze kweU.S.
Chero fan ane
akachema timu yake ichisvetuka dhorobha kuti igadzirise mune zvemari
guta rinogara rinofanira kukwanisa kuona uye kunzwisisa rimwe rematambudziko makuru
yekudyidzana kwepasi rose; ndiko kuti, kukanganisa kwemari yekudzingirira vashandi vakachipa
uye mitero yakaderera pasi rose.
Saizvozvowo, vateveri
yezvikwata zvidiki zvemusika zvinogeda-geda mazino kana tarenda rechikwata chavo riripo
kuendeswa kumapoka makuru emusika pasina mubvunzo vaizova nekutenda kukuru
nokuda kwesimba rinoparadza remari muNyika Yetatu, uko kwakanyanya
zviwanikwa zvinopa mari (nyika, zvicherwa, oiri) zvinodzorwa zvakanyanya ne
vekunze kwenyika, vanosiya urombo nekusvibiswa mushure mekunge vaita
zvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika uye purofiti kuNyika dzekuMadokero.
Mune zvitsvuku izvi,
chena uye yebhuruu mushure-Gunyana 11 mazuva, ine media-inokurudzirwa jingoism panguva
nguva yose yakakwirira, uye mutungamiri neCongress iyo inogona kutsanangurwa nerudo se
corporate America's courtesans, zvinotinyaradza kuziva kuti mupfumi
tsinga ye-anti-capitalist manzwiro uye pfungwa ichiripo muAmerica, kunyange kana imwe
anofanira kuenda kusports bar kuti unzwe. Mapapiro ehuku, ani zvake? Z