Duk tsawon lokacin da yawancinmu za mu iya tunawa, Dallas Cowboys da Detroit Lions sun yi wasanni a ranar Godiya. Amma me yasa?
Bari mu fara da Lions. Sun buga kowace gasar Thanksgiving tun daga 1934, ban da 1939-44, duk da cewa ba su kasance ƙungiya mai kyau a mafi yawan waɗannan shekarun ba. Lions sun buga kakar wasa ta farko a Detroit a 1934 (kafin hakan, su ne Portsmouth Spartans). Sun sha wahala a shekararsu ta farko a Detroit, saboda yawancin magoya bayan wasanni a can suna son Detroit Tigers na baseball kuma ba sa fitowa da yawa don kallon Lions. Don haka mai Lions George A. Richards yana da ra'ayi: Me zai hana a yi wasa a ranar Thanksgiving?
Richards ya kuma mallaki gidan rediyon WJR, wanda shine ɗaya daga cikin manyan tashoshin rediyo a ƙasar a wancan lokacin. Richards yana da tasiri sosai a duniyar watsa shirye-shirye, kuma ya shawo kan NBC ta nuna wasan a duk faɗin ƙasar. Zakaran NFL Chicago Bears ya zo gari, kuma Lions sun sayar da filin Jami'ar Detroit mai kujeru 26,000 a karon farko. Richards ya ci gaba da bin al'adar shekaru biyu masu zuwa, kuma NFL ta ci gaba da tsara su a ranar Godiya lokacin da suka ci gaba da wasa a wannan ranar bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ƙare. Richards ya sayar da ƙungiyar a 1940 kuma ya mutu a 1951, amma al'adar da ya fara ta ci gaba har zuwa yau lokacin da Lions ke wasa ... Chicago Bears.
'Yan wasan Cowboys sun fara wasa a ranar Thanksgiving a shekarar 1966. Sun fara gasar ne a shekarar 1960, kuma duk da wahalar da ake da ita a yanzu, sun sha wahala wajen jawo hankalin magoya baya saboda sun yi muni a shekarun farko. Manaja Tex Schramm ya roƙi NFL da ta tsara musu wasan Thanksgiving a shekarar 1966, yana tunanin hakan zai iya sa su kara farin jini a Dallas da ma duk fadin kasar, domin za a nuna wasan a talabijin.
Ya yi aiki. An sayar da tikitin Dallas mai lamba 80,259 yayin da Cowboys suka doke Cleveland Browns, da ci 26-14. Wasu magoya bayan Cowboys sun nuna cewa wannan wasan a matsayin farkon Dallas ya zama "ƙungiyar Amurka." Sun rasa buga wasa a ranar Thanksgiving ne kawai a 1975 da 1977, lokacin da Kwamishinan NFL Pete Rozelle ya zaɓi St. Louis Cardinals maimakon haka.
Wasannin da aka yi da Cardinals sun kasance marasa nasara a cikin kimantawar, don haka Rozelle ya tambayi Cowboys ko za su sake buga wasa a shekarar 1978.
"Abin takaici ne a St. Louis," Schramm ya shaida wa Chicago Tribune a shekarar 1998. "Pete ya tambaya ko za mu mayar da shi. Na ce kawai idan muka same shi har abada. Abu ne da dole ne ka gina a matsayin al'ada. Ya ce, 'Naka ne har abada.'"
Nate Bain ya yi tsere a filin wasa na ƙasa da ƙasa lokacin da lokaci ya kure kuma ya ci kwallo a wasan da aka buga a daren Talata don bai wa Stephen F. Austin nasara mai ban mamaki da ci 85-83 a kan Duke, wanda hakan ya kawo ƙarshen nasarar da Blue Devils ta samu a wasanni 150 a jere a gida a kan abokan hamayyar da ba na taron ba.
Bain, wani babban ɗalibi daga Bahamas, ya yi wata hira a kotu kuma ya riƙe hawaye lokacin da yake ambaton irin wahalar da ta sha a wannan shekarar. Gidan da iyalinsa ke zaune a ciki ya lalace sakamakon guguwar Dorian a wannan shekarar.
"Iyalina sun yi asara mai yawa a wannan shekarar," in ji Bain mai tausayawa. "Ba zan yi kuka a talabijin ba."
Jami'an Stephen F. Austin sun kafa shafin GoFundMe da NCAA ta amince da shi don Bain a watan Satumba. Daliban Stephen F. Austin sun fara raba wannan shafin a shafukan sada zumunta bayan nasarar, kuma tun daga safiyar Laraba da rana, sun tara sama da dala 69,000, wanda cikin sauƙi ya zarce burin dala 50,000. Idan aka yi la'akari da wasu daga cikin maganganun, wasu daga cikin masu bayar da gudummawar magoya bayan Duke ne.
Lokacin Saƙo: Nuwamba-28-2019