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PIbhodi labeluleki likaTrump lokuvula kabusha umnotho lihlanganisa abamele umhlaba wezemidlalo okungenzeka ukuthi "beluleka" isikhathi sokuvula amasango futhi badlale ibhola. Kubaphathi, lokhu kuwumthombo wokukhathazeka okukhulu. NjengoTrump ngokwakhe wathi, “Kufanele sibuyise imidlalo yethu. Ngikhathele ukubuka imidlalo ye-baseball eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala.”
Abanye osopolitiki abaningi bawenanele lo mqondo. Ezemidlalo zihamba phambili, ngisho noma imidlalo kufanele idlalwe phambi kwezinkundla ezingenalutho. Kodwa izinkundla ezingenalutho azibususi ubungozi bokuthi abadlali, abaqeqeshi kanye nabasebenzi bezokwelapha bangagijima ukuze bathole inkontileka ye-coronavirus-awukwazi ngempela ukudlala imidlalo ngokuqhelelana nomphakathi. Ngakho ngokuqinisekile le komiti bekuyoba iqembu labantu elaziwa ngokugcina ukuphepha kwabo bonke abasubathi kuza kuqala ezingqondweni zabo. Hhayi impela.
Iqembu eliqoqwe nguTrump lifana neBizarro World Super Friends: umqeqeshi we-baseball uRob Manfred, umqeqeshi we-NFL uRoger Goodell, u-NHL commish uGary Bettman, u-NBA Commish Adam Silver, abanikazi beqembu le-NFL uRobert Kraft noJerry Jones, umnikazi we-NBA uMark Cuban, umphathi we-UFC. UDana White, kanye nomsunguli weWorld Wrestling Entertainment uVince McMahon.
Masingashoni amagama. Ngaphandle kuka-Adam Silver noMark Cuban, leli iqoqo labalingisi ababi kakhulu emhlabeni wezemidlalo: iqembu lezigebengu elichazwa ngokunganakekeli kwabo ngezikhathi ezivamile ukuze baphephe kanye nenhlalakahle yabasebenzi babo. Kucishe kube sengathi uTrump unyathela wonke umsubathi, ethi, "Awungaphezu kwemikhiqizo, futhi sizonquma ukuthi sizokuthengisa nini futhi."
Kukhona, ngempela, okumbalwa okuqaphela ngokushesha umuntu angakwenza mayelana nalo mhume wamasela, ngaphambi kokwenza ukuhlola okujulile kweqembu ngokwalo. Okokuqala nokusobala kakhulu ukuthi akekho ovela ezinyunyaneni ezinkulu zezemidlalo kuleli bhodi labaluleki: akekho uMichele Roberts we-NBPA, akekho uDeMaurice Smith we-NFLPA, akekho u-Tony Clark ovela ku-MLBPA, akekho u-Don Fehr we-NHLPA. Ngamanye amazwi, bona kanye abantu abathweswe icala lokusiza ukugcina impilo nokuphepha kwabasubathi bavalelwa ngaphandle kwalesi sinqumo esibaluleke kakhulu ngesikhathi sodlame. Lokho akunangqondo, futhi kukhombisa ukushisekela inyunyana okuhlale kuyingxenye yombono kaTrump emhlabeni.
Okwesibili okubonayo ukuthi konke kumhlophe. Uyaqaphela ukuthi kunzima kangakanani ukuthi umuntu azame ukuhlanganisa abaholi bezemidlalo futhi aqhamuke neqembu elijikelezayo labo bonke abafana abamhlophe? Ukuba noRoberts, uSmith, noma uClark kuphaneli bekungasiza kulokhu. Maye, futhi lokhu kuyinkomba yokubambelela ngokuqinile kwabaphathi bakaTrump ekuphakameni kwabamhlophe. Kuzoba abasubathi abamnyama abazifaka engcupheni ngokubuyela enkundleni, kanti nokho uTrump ubatshela bonke—bona kanye abadlali ababize “njengamadodana amabibi” ngesikhathi bebhikishela ukucwasa ngokwebala—ukuthi abantu abamhlophe abaphethe yibona abazokwenza. lolo cingo. Uma bebuyisela abadlali emsebenzini, lindela ukuthi abanikazi kanye nezingane zabo bahlale ezindlini zabo eziyisithabathaba kuze kube yilapho sekucwebile ugu. Ngeke bacabange ubungozi, kodwa banikezwa i-megaphone enamandla onke ukuze bakhuthaze abadlali ukuthi babeke izimpilo zabo engozini ukuze bathole inzuzo yabanye.
Okokugcina, kodwa okungenani, umuntu angase acabange ukuthi imidlalo yabesifazane ayikho, ngokusekelwe kule buffet engaphansi kwedolobha labaholi bezemidlalo. Kungaphezu kokucasula, futhi kuhambisana ngokuphelele nalokhu kuphatha, lo mongameli, kanye nenkohlakalo echaza impilo yakhe yobungcweti neyomuntu siqu.
Kodwa okukhulunywa kakhulu ngabantu ngokwabo. UVince McMahon ungumdlali omelene nenyunyana okumanje ubeka lonke uhlu lwakhe lwabadlali be-wrestlers - noma okungenani labo angakababeki - engcupheni ye-Covid-19 ngokuqala kabusha uhlelo olubukhoma eFlorida, ngenxa yomnikelo wezigidi eziyi-18.5 zamaRandi. emkhankasweni kaTrump wokhetho kabusha waseFlorida, ogqugquzele uMbusi uRon DeSantis ukuthi abhale ukubambana kwe-pro "njengebhizinisi elibalulekile." Usebeke izimpilo zabasebenzi bakhe engcupheni, futhi manje usekwazi ukunquma ukuthi abanye abasubathi bazohlangabezana yini nesiphetho sabasebenzi bakhe.
Bese kuba khona abantu abavela ku-NFL: uRoger Goodell kanye nabanikazi bebhola ababili abadonsa izintambo zakhe zonodoli, okungenzeka ukuthi nabo bangabaxhasi bakaTrump besigidi samadola, uJerry Jones noBob Kraft. Ukwelashwa kwabo kanye nokumbozwa kwabadlali be-NFL abaye babhekana nezingxabano kubadalula njengabantu abakhathalela umgomo wabo oyinhloko, hhayi impilo nokuphepha kwabadlali babo.
Ngokuqondene noDana White, omunye umngane / umnikeli kaTrump, ubezama ukusungula "isiqhingi sokulwa" emanzini aphesheya lapho angaqhubeka khona nokudlala imidlalo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi impilo nokuphepha kubathinta kanjani. Ucishe abe yi-caricature, kodwa ngeshwa ukuthi ungokoqobo kakhulu.
Uma okwedlule kuyisandulela, laba bantu bazophusha ukuvula kabusha umhlaba wezemidlalo ngokunakekela okuncane kwabasebenzi babo. Yinye kuphela amandla angabavimba: izinyunyana zezemidlalo. Isidingo sokuthi izinyunyana zezemidlalo zisukume zigcizelele ukuthi kungabibikho osengozini ngaphambi kokuthi kudlalwa imidlalo sesibucayi. Lokhu ngeke kube yisimo sokuvumelana phakathi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi. Kuyoba ukulwa. Uma kungenjalo, abantu bazogula, abantu bafe, futhi iningi lochwepheshe bomhlaba wonke kuleli komiti ngeke balahlekelwe ubuthongo.
UDave Zirin ungumhleli wezemidlalo we The Nation.
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