Njengoba uTiger Woods ebuyela kugalofu, akuzona zonke izindaba zakhe eziyizindaba ezimnandi. E-Dubai, i-Tiger Woods Golf Course e-Dubai ibiza u-$100million ukuyakha. I-Dubai ithembele emisebenzini eshibhile yomhlaba wesithathu, njengoba kwenza izinhlobo ezithile zabathengi ezisize ukwenza u-Woods abe usozigidi. Abasebenzi bakwaNike eThailand babhalela uWoods, bezwakalisa โinhlonipho enkulu ngekhono lakho nokubekezela kwakho njengomsubathiโ kodwa beveza ukuthi kuzodingeka basebenze iminyaka engu-72,000 โukuze bathole lokho ozokuzuza ngenkontileka [yakho yakwaNike]โ.
Umbhali wezemidlalo waseMelika, uDave Zirin, ungomunye wabambalwa abaphule ukuthula kwabezindaba mayelana nokuhlanekezelwa kwezinkampani kanye nenkohlakalo yezemidlalo. Incwadi yakhe ezayo Imidlalo Emibi: Indlela Abanikazi Abayonakalisa Ngayo Imidlalo Esiyithandayo (Scribner) ushaya indweba yokuthi amandla emali enzeni ukuze abantu bajabule, amaqhawe akhona afana noWoods nemiphakathi ebiyisebenzela. Uchaza umthelela wobunikazi beqembu lika-Texan Tom Hicks le-Liverpool Football Club, okwalandela omunye waseMelika ocebile nonesithukuthezi uMalcolm Glazer "ukuthathwa okunamandla" kweManchester United ngo-2005. Ngenxa yalokho, iklabhu yase-England ephumelele kakhulu (ne-Liverpool) manje 716.5 million pounds esikweletini.
Sekunesikhathi esingakanani kwenzeka lokhu? Ngo-1983, ungathenga ithikithi lokuya emdlalweni wesigaba sokuqala ngamasenti angama-75. Namuhla, isilinganiso e-Old Trafford singamaphawundi angama-34. Buka isivuno sakamuva sabazali kolayini be-morose ukuze bathenge imigqa yekilabhu enenani elingaphezulu kanye nezimpawu, nazo ezenziwe ngomsebenzi oshibhile futhi ovame ukujuluka, nophawu lwenkampani yamazwe ngamazwe ehlulekile ehlotshiswe kuyo. Ukwenza inzuzo manje wubukhona be-incandescent kuyo yonke imidlalo yezinga eliphezulu. U-Sven-Goran Eriksson uzosebenzisa ibhulukwe elifinyelela kumakhilogremu ayizigidi ezimbili emsebenzini wezinyanga ezintathu nje e-Ivory Coast, lapho ingxenye yabantu ingakwazi ukuphila. Abadlali bekhilikithi abahle kakhulu base-Australia, iningi labadlali bekhilikithi abayizidlakela baqoqa izinyanda zabo izinyanga ezimbalwa kuma-Indian franchise. Isimo sengqondo sinelungelo, uhlobo โosaziwayoโ abanamakhono amancane ababukisa ngalo. Kwakungeyona neze into ephawulekayo ukuthi ngo-2007-8 inani lezindlalifa ze-Invincibles kaDon Bradman lazuza lokho okwake kwaba seduze kokungenakwenzeka; babengathandwa ezweni lakubo. Lezo zibhakela ezishayelwa phezulu nezishaywa umoya seziphenduke indelelo โkuwo wonke umuntu osebenzelana, wonke umuntu unesabelo semivuzoโ (Bill Shankly), kodwa kumxhasi oshisekayo kanye nekhamera yocwaningo.
Thatha isibonelo iFIFA, ebambe izintambo ngempumelelo eNingizimu Afrika ngeNdebe yoMhlaba. Kanye ne-International Olympic Committee, i-FIFA iyi-Wall Street yezemidlalo ne-Pentagon ehlangene. Banala mandla ngoba osopolitiki abaphethe bakholelwa ukuthi โudumo lwamazwe ngamazweโ lokuhambela kwabo kuzoletha izinzuzo zezomnotho nezokukhangisa, ikakhulukazi kubo. Ngikhunjuzwe lokhu ngibuka i-documentary yomqondisi waseNingizimu Afrika u-Craig Tanner, Fahrenheit 2010. Ifilimu yakhe ayiphikisani neNdebe yoMhlaba, kodwa iveza ukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika, umdlalo wabo webhola, baphushelwe eceleni, baphucwa izindawo zabo futhi badla imbuya ngothi ukuze kwakhiwe ubhazabhaza we-TV ezweni labo.
Inkundla entsha eduze kwaseNelspruit izosingatha imidlalo emine yeNdebe yoMhlaba phakathi nezinsuku eziyi-10. UJimmy Mohlala, uSomlomo kamasipala wendawo, wadutshulwa esemzini wakhe ngoJanuwari nyakenye ngemuva kokukhuluma โnokungahambi kahleโ kwamathenda. Isikole sonke, ebesisendleleni, sikhishiwe emabhokisini ensimbi asuselwe endaweni eyihlane enomgwaqo odlulayo. โLapho iNdebe Yomhlaba isiphelile,โ kusho umlobi u-Ashwin Desai, โkuyoba sobala ukuthi lezi zinkundla zizoba ngamagobolondo angenalutho, ukuthi imali yethu isisetshenziswe lokho okuyi-pyramid scheme ngempelaโ.
Umphakathi wabantu abangu-20,000, iJoe Slovo Informal Settlement, usongelwa ngokuxoshwa lapho behlala khona eduze nomgwaqo omkhulu ophakathi kweKapa nesikhumulo sezindiza saleli dolobha. Babhekwa njenge "eyesore". Abadayisi basemgwaqweni bazoboshwa uma behluleka ukuthobela imithetho ye-FIFA mayelana nohwebo nokukhangisa futhi basho amagama athi โNdebe Yomhlabaโ, ngisho โ2010โ. I-FIFA izozuza cishe amapondo ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili nengxenye evela kumalungelo kamabonakude, okudlula imali eyitholayo emiqhudelwaneni emibili yokugcina yeNdebe Yomhlaba isihlangene.
Ngokumangalisayo, iNingizimu Afrika ngeke ikuthole kwalokhu. Futhi leli yizwe elinabantu abangasebenzi abangamaphesenti angama-40, iminyaka yokuphila kwabesilisa engama-49 kanye nezinkulungwane zezingane ezingondlekile. Leli qiniso mayelana โnesizwe sothingoโ akusilo abalandeli emhlabeni wonke abazolibona kuma-TV abo, nakuba bengase babuke isici esingabikwanga seNingizimu Afrika yesimanje, okuyizwe elinamandla, elinamandla elihlanganisa iNdebe Yomhlaba ubandlululo lwezomnotho olusalokhu luhlukanisa njengakuqala. Ngempela, olunye uhlobo lweNdebe Yomhlaba yombhikisho ophumelelayo osekuyisikhathi eside lwanqotshwa emigwaqweni yamalokishi aseNingizimu Afrika.
Esahlukweni sakhe seLiverpool FC, uDave Zirin uchaza ukumelana okufanayo okunikeza ugqozi kulabo abadonsa kanzima ukubuyisa ezemidlalo koshaka. Inhlangano yabalandeli, i-Share Liverpool FC, ihlose ukuthi abaninimasheya abangu-100,000 bathenge iklabhu ku-Tom Hicks kanye nozakwabo ongumnikazi, u-George Gillett. Abalandeli beLiverpool nabo basungule iLiverpool Supporters Union (LSU), ebinezinkulungwane emigwaqweni ifuna ukuthi iBhange LaseScotland lidube uma linikeza uHicks noGillett esinye isikweletu. Khumbula ukuthi ukudubelwa kwabezindaba kwe-Murdoch kwaphumelela kanjani eLiverpool kulandela OkwaLanga ilele phezu kwenhlekelele yaseHillsborough. โUma sima ndawonye futhi sikhulume ngazwi linye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sikhuluma luphi ulimi noma indlela yokuphimisa,โ kusho i-LSU, โsingenza umehluko wangempela ekilabhini yethu yebhola, idolobha laseLiverpool kanye nomhlaba wonke webhola lezinyawo.โ Ngomhla ziyi-17 kuMbasa, uHicks noGillett bamemezele ukuthi bayayidayisa iklabhu. Abalandeli beManchester United bakhuphuka ngendlela efanayo, enezimiso zokumelana nokuvikela umdlalo abawuthandayo nabakholelwa ukuthi ungowabo. Kufanele sibasekele.
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