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Akukho sizini yeMinor League. Amaqela akhulula abadlali. Abanye abanini beqela baqhubeka behlawula abadlali beMinor League, ngelixa abanye behambisa iimvakalelo "zethamsanqa" kwaye banqumle abadlali. Amaqela angaphezu kwama-40 eMinor League aza kukhutshelwa ngaphandle; umonakalo ongenakuchazwa kuqoqosho lwengingqi ngenxa yoko. Le yinyani yethu entsha kule minyaka ye-COVID-19.
Thatha, umzekelo, i-Clinton LumberKings, iqela le-baseball ye-Minor League e-Clinton, e-Iowa. I-baseball ye-Minor League idlalwe kule dolophu ukususela ngo-1937. Ngeengcambu zayo zokusebenza, iqela le-Clinton's Minor League liye laba yinxalenye yesazisi sedolophu, ibonelela ngokuzonwabisa okufikelelekayo kunye nokukrola iinkwenkwezi ngaphambi kokuba zibe ziinkwenkwezi. Ngapha koko, kumakhulu eekhilomitha ukusuka kwiqela elikufutshane leMajor League baseball (MLB). Kwaye ikwaqeshe uninzi lwabasebenzi phantse iminyaka eli-100, ukusuka kubasebenzi be-ofisi engaphambili ukuya kubasebenzi bemvume ukuya kwiishesha.
Ngoku iqela likaClinton, kunye nabanye abangama-41, zikuluhlu lwamaqela aza kukhutshelwa ngaphandle, kwaye iMinor League Baseball ayinakuze iphinde idlalwe apho kwakhona.
Yonke le nto yenzeka kumxholo we-COVID-19 / yeengxaki zoqoqosho, kunye nekamva leeManyano eziNcinane - eneneni, ikamva le-baseball - phezulu emoyeni.
Kukho amanqaku amathathu ukwenza apha. Okokuqala, njengakwabanye kumashishini amakhulu, abanini be-Major League Baseball bathatha eli thuba ukuze bazise utshintsho ababesazi ukuba ngeba luhlangatyezwane nenkcaso eqatha phantsi kwezinye iimeko. Umbhali uNaomi Klein uthetha “nge-capitalism yentlekele,” apho abo bazizityebi nabangamabhongo bathabatha ithuba leentlekele ukuze bahambisele phambili ii-ajenda zabo kunye/okanye benze utshintsho ebekuya kuba nzima ukuba lwenziwe ngenye indlela. Oku sakubona emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina eNew Orleans nasePuerto Rico emva kweNkanyamba uMaria. Kwimeko yanamhlanje, okwenzekayo kwiiLeagues eziNcinane kunye ne-MLB iyonke imele uyilo ababenalo abanini be-MLB. Kwiinyanga phambi kwe-COVID-19, abanini be-MLB babe kakhulu xubusha ukusika inani lamaqela kunye nokusika inani lemijikelo yoyilo. Kwakukho uqhushululu olwalusenzeka ngokuchasene nabo, ukucinezela kakubi abanini-ndawo, emva koko kwabetha isibetho.
Utshintsho oluqhubekayo lunokubangela ukuba imisebenzi yeNhlangano encinci ingabuyi. Sisenokuba sijonge uhlengahlengiso olumangalisayo kunye nolwakhiwo lwe-baseball njengoshishino emva kokuba ubhubhane kunye neentlekele zoqoqosho ziphelile, ngaphandle kokuba kukho impendulo enkulu nelungelelanisiweyo yoluntu. Oku kuyinyaniso kubasebenzi abangaphandle kwe-baseball - ingaba ziintatheli, abasebenzi bezokuthengisa, abatya inyama okanye abasebenzi becandelo likarhulumente - njengabo base-baseball, kubandakanywa (kodwa kungaphelelanga) abadlali.
Okwesibini, i-baseball inokuba ngumdlalo, kodwa into eyenzekayo kwiMinor Leaguers ikude nomdlalo okanye ihlaya. Ubomi kunye nemisebenzi yamawakawaka abadlali kunye nabanye abasebenzi kushishino iyawohloka njengoko ukungaqiniseki kweemeko zabo kukhula ngamandla. Intlawulo yezona nqanaba ziphakamileyo zeLeaguers ezincinci-ezikwinqanaba le-Triple-A, inyathelo elinye ukusuka kwiiMajor Leagues-yayisele iphantsi ngokumangalisayo at $ 12,000 ngonyaka. I-MLB ifuna ukuba baqhube umsebenzi omninzi ngaphandle kwembuyekezo (efana ngexesha loqeqesho lwasentwasahlobo), bathenge izixhobo zabo, bafumane imali elusizi ngexesha besendleleni, kwaye babelane ngokungathandekiyo kwiindawo ezikufutshane nabanye abadlali ngenxa yokunqongophala kwezixhobo zokufundisa. bahlala bodwa.
Okwesithathu, le meko ilusizi ijongana nezigidi zabasebenzi kulo lonke elase-US abaphulukene nemisebenzi okanye, kwezinye iimeko, banyanzelwa ukuba basebenze phantsi kweemeko ezingekho mgangathweni phakathi kwesi sifo. Asinyanzelwa nje ukuba sizikhusele ngokungena ekuhlaleni, kodwa iintsapho zinyanzelwa ukuba zincame umsebenzi, kwiimeko ezininzi, ukuze zinakekele abantwana bazo. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusele lunabile - ngenxa yokwahlulwa-hlulwa kobutyebi ebesikubona bukhula kweli lizwe kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo - sele kufikelele kwinqanaba eliphezulu. Amaqela amaNcinane eLeague awayivuleli le meko kodwa athwaxwa yile ntlekele.
Abadlali be-Major League nabo bajongene nokubetha ngamandla ngabanini be-MLB kodwa, ubuncinci kwimeko yabo, i-Major Leaguers inokhuseleko lombutho, i-Major League baseball Players Association. Kwimeko yeMinor Leagues, akukho nto, kwaye abanini bayazi ukuba banokuqengqeleka phezu kwabadlali kunye noluntu apho la maqela aManyano aManyano akhoyo anomngcipheko omncinci ngaphandle kokuba kukho into eyenziwa ngoku. Oko kuthetha umbutho kwaye kuthetha ukwakha imbumba. Inyathelo eliya kweli cala ibe kukusekwa kwethu umbutho omtsha ongenzi nzuzo, Abathetheleli kwiiLeaga ezincinci ethi, nangona ingengombutho wabasebenzi, ifune ukunika ilizwi kwiiNhlangano eziNcinane zeManyano kunye nokusebenza ukuphucula iimeko zabo zokusebenza. Lo mzabalazo awukho malunga nokutyebisa abadlali beMinor League. Imalunga nokubonakalisa inkxalabo efanayo esinayo kubo bonke abasebenzi abaphulukana nemisebenzi yabo, amakhaya abo kunye nekamva labo.
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