Kukho intetho endala malunga nabadlali be-NFL: Xa usayina isivumelwano sebhola ekhatywayo, usayina ilungelo lakho lokuba mdala.
Abadlali abaninzi be-NFL babonakala behamba ngobusuku besuka ekubeni ngabafana abanamandla kwi-20s kunye ne-30s ukuba babonakale begxadazekile kwaye bekhulile xa bebetha i-40 yabo.
Oku akukho malunga nenkangeleko engaphezulu, ye-arthritic knuckles okanye ukuhamba okutshintshileyo okuza nobudala. Imalunga neziphumo zexesha elide zokwenzakala kwengqondo kunye nokudumba. Njengoko uWilliam C. Rhoden wabhala kwi-New York Times, "I-legion yabadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi iye yaba yinto ephazamisayo ye-National Football League kwaye ngokukodwa kwi-NFL Players Association, egcina unyawo olunye kunye nolunye unyawo ngaphandle kwabadlali abadla umhlalaphantsi. ubomi.โ
Iziphumo zempilo zezemidlalo ezinempembelelo ephezulu ayisiyongxaki nje yabantu abadala. Ukunyuka kwamanani abadlali banamhlanje kubalwa neziphumo zexesha elifutshane kunye nexesha elide leengqungquthela kunye ne-cranial trauma. Oku kungenxa yokuba kukho uphando oluninzi kunye nokwazisa malunga nokwenzakala okubambeneyo. Kodwa umdlalo uyatshintsha: Abadlali namhlanje bakhulu, bomelele kwaye bayakhawuleza kuneminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo. Ngowe-1989, abadlali abangaphantsi kweshumi babenobunzima obungaphezu kweekhilogram ezingama-300. Ngoku kukho ngaphezu kwe-450. Ukhuseleko lwaseWashington Redskins uSean Taylor unobunzima be-235 pounds kwaye uqhuba iiyadi ezingamashumi amane ngaphantsi kwemizuzwana ye-4.5. Umsebenzi wakhe njengokhuseleko kukwenza okungaphezulu kunokukhusela umqolo wakhe okhuselayo: Kukufumana abantu abanebhola kunye nendibaniselwano yakhe eyoyikisayo yesantya kunye namandla, ukususa iimvakalelo zabo emzimbeni wabo. Ngoko ke umba wokwenzakala okunokwenzeka awungowabadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi kudala.
Oku kwafika ekhaya xa ukhuseleko lwe-Philadelphia Eagles ehlala phantsi u-Andre Waters wazibulala ngo-2006 eneminyaka eyi-44. Ingxelo ye-coroner ibonise ukuba Amanzi ayenobuchopho bengqondo yomntu oneminyaka eyi-85 ubudala kwinqanaba lokuqala le-Alzheimer's Disease. Ibali eloyikekayo lamanzi lelinye kuphela kwamaninzi. Kwaye intlekele yokuhamba kwabalimala yayibonakaliswe ngokupheleleyo kule veki kwiiholo zeCongress, apho kwakuxoxwa khona malunga nemeko yezilwanyana ze-NFL.
U-Rep. Linda Snchez (D-CA), usihlalo weKomitana yezoBulungisa beNdlu kuMthetho wezoRhwebo kunye noLawulo, wabeka ithoni kwangoko, ebona ukuba i-NFL "yishishini lebhiliyoni yeedola kwaye nangona kunjalo abadlali abakha i-league bahlala kakhulu. bashiywe ukuba bazinyamekele.
Eyona nto iphambili kwingxoxo yayingowayesakuba nguMqeqeshi oyiNtloko weChicago Bears uMike Ditka, owathi, โNdicinga ukuba ukubuya ndithathe aba bantu ubahoye ayisiyongxaki inkulu kangako. Ilungile xa ithelekiswa nengalunganga, ixesha.'
Kodwa akukho lula. Iqela labadlali be-NFL babambe lo moya kwezi veki zidlulileyo ukuze baphinde bahlaziye impikiswano malunga nokuba umdlalo utyala ntoni aba badlali kwinto uMbutho wabadlali be-NFL-umanyano-ongawenzeli abo badla umhlala-phantsi ngenxa yokonzakala. Ikhokelwa yiHolo yeeFamers Ditka kunye noJoe DeLamielleure, ukutyhala kwabo kube kukususwa kukaMongameli we-NFLPA uGene Upshaw. Umbutho omele ukuba uthethelela amalungelo abadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi uqalisa ukubonakala ngathi linyathelo lokunyelisa kunye nokuwenza buthathaka umanyano, ngelixa abanini bekhaba umva bevumela ukubulawa kwabantu ukuba kuqhubeke.
Masiqale ngoDitka. Kunzima ukumthatha njengommeli wamalungelo abasebenzi, xa ukhumbula ukuba wawela umgca wokupiketha kugwayimbo luka-1987. Kuyo yonke i-Iron Mike "indoda yabantu" yokuthumela, uneziqinisekiso zabasebenzi bakaSam Walton.
"Yintshukumo yakudala yokwahlukana kunye nokoyisa, kwaye, ngokungafihlisiyo, uDitka kunye nabahlobo bakhe ngamadoda enkampani angazange axhase umanyano kwaye babenokhwekhwe xa sasibetha," owayesakuba yintloko yeNFL West Coast- kunye nomdlali owayesakuba ngumdlali-uDave Meggyesy wandixelela. .
Owayesakuba nguKhuseleko lweBears uDave Duerson, odlale phantsi kweDitka kangangeesizini ezisixhenxe, akazange akwazi ukuyibamba intsini akuva ukuba uDitka ngoku wayewaxhalabele kakhulu amalungelo abadlali.
"UMike wayengengomnye owabagxekayo ngabadlali okanye ukulimala kwabo xa wayeqeqesha," utshilo uDuerson kudliwanondlebe neChicago Tribune. โWayengabahloniphi kakhulu abafana abonzakeleyo kwaye ngoku uzama ukulwela abafana abaliqela. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba akasekho kwaye ushiywe lixesha emdlalweni.โ
Yiyo loo nto kunzima ukuba isisu sikaDitka xa, edlalela iikhamera, eze nomba wabadlali abonakaliswe ngumdlalo. Komnye umshicileli ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka wabalisa ibali elinganyamezelekiyo likaMike Webster, iHolo yoDumo lweziko lePittsburgh Steelers owayenesifo sengqondo esibangelwa kukwenzakala entloko. UWebster wasweleka engenakhaya ngo-2002.
Andinakukuxelela namhlanje ukuba uMike Webster ngesaphila namhlanje,โ utshilo uDitka. "Andaz. Kodwa ndiyazi ukuba wayengenguye umntu wasesitratweni. Ndiyazi ukuba usapho lwakhe bekunganyanzelekanga ukuba lumangalele ukuze lufumane izibonelelo zakhe. Akulunganga. Akunjalo nje.โ
Kodwa uDuerson, ngaphandle kokugxeka kwakhe uDitka, ukholelwa ukuba kuninzi ekufuneka kwenziwe kubadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi, kwaye kuya kufuneka baququzelele ukuyifumana.
Ndithi kubadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi, 'Yizani kwintlanganiso yabo engama-200 yomelele, niza kufumana nantoni na eniyifunayo,'โ utshilo uDuerson. Le kuphela kwendlela aba badlali bangoku abaya kuqonda ngayo, 'Bubuzalwana bethu obo kwaye kungekudala siza kuba lapho.' โ
Irekhodi yomanyano kubadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi phantsi kwe-Upshaw ingcono kakhulu kunokuba umntu anokucinga ngokusekwe kwi-coverage. Njengoko uMongameli we-NFLPA uTroy Vincent wabonisa kum, isivumelwano sokugqibela se-bargaining sabona ipenshoni kubadlali abathatha umhlala phantsi ngaphambi kwe-1982 yanda i-25 ekhulwini. Emva kowe-1982, benyuka nge-10 ekhulwini.
UDeLamielleure uthi akukho nto itshintshileyo "kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini," kodwa kubantu abakhubazekileyo ngumdlalo babone izibonelelo zonyaka zonyuka ukusuka kwi-48,000 yeedola ukuya kwi-224,000 yeedola. Ngokulimala okungekho kwebhola, amaxabiso ahambile ukusuka kwi-9000 yeedola ngonyaka kwi-1982 ukuya kwi-134,000 yeedola ngo-2000.
U-Upshaw โwenze umsebenzi oncomekayo,โ umdlali we-NFL uMike Minter wathi kwi-ESPN โUnabafana abaninzi abadala abenzakalisayo kwaye kubonakala ngathi asibahoyi. Kodwa apho saqala khona, xa indoda yathatha umsebenzi, kule ndawo sikuyo namhlanje, akukholeleki. Ukuba nabani na onokuthi lo mfo akenzi msebenzi umhle, akazi. โ
Ngamanye amazwi, iinzame zomanyano zinamandla kuneDitka kunye neDeLamielleure inokuthi sikholwe. Iphakamisa umbuzo owenziwe nguMeggyesy, malunga nokuba ngubani ozuzayo ngokuhlasela umanyano. I-posture anti-union yayiboniswe ngokupheleleyo kwiDeLamielleure kule veki iphelileyo. U-Upshaw uxelele oonondaba ukuba ufuna "ukujija intamo yakhe," into engavakaliyo nengenapolitiki.
Kodwa impendulo kaDeLamielleure idlulisela okuninzi ngakumbi. โEkuqaleni, bendinomsindoโฆkodwa emva koko kwavela ubunyani,โ utshilo. โUmfazi wam wayekhathazekile. Sakhulela eDetroit. Uyazi ukuba yintoni na iimanyano. Uva ngayo. Uya, 'Heyi, lo mfo uyintloko yomanyano, umanyano olunamandla, xa esenza isoyikiso esinjalo, kungcono ukuba uthathe ngokungathรญ sina.' โ
Ewe, uTank Johnson kunye noSage Rosenfels bazovela ngaphandle kwendlu kaDeLamielleure ukuze bafumane imanyano yaseDetroit yakudala. โIsisongeloโ sika-Upshaw samenza wabonakala esisidenge. Impendulo kaDeLamielleureโkunye nentsebenziswano no-Iron Mike, imenza abonakale njengomntu onokukhetha ukuthoba umanyano kunokulwela amalungelo abadlali abadla umhlala-phantsi.
Endaweni yangoku kunye nabadlali bangaphambili balwe phezu kwengeniso elinganiselweyo, mhlawumbi abanini kufuneka bakhabe. NgoFebruwari, ngaphambi kokuba aphendulele ingqalelo yakhe ngokupheleleyo kwi-Upshaw, uDitka waxelela ibali malunga nokuzama ukunyusa imali yeGridiron Greats Assistance Fund, isisa sokunceda abagulayo. abadlali. Njengoko i-AP ibike, "wathumela iileta kubanini be-NFL be-32 becela umnikelo ofanayo ngexesha elidlulileyo, wathi ufumene isheke enye ye-5,000 yeedola kunye ne-10,000 yeedola. Uthe uzithumele kwakhona ezo cheki.โ Kodwa le ibingelojoliso lwenkqubo entsha kaDitka. Kunzima ukubona indlela umanyano olwahluliwe oluya kunceda ngayo ukufezekisa iinjongo zabo naziphi na abadlali, kwixesha elidlulileyo okanye langoku.
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