Kwa nthawi yonse yomwe ambiri a ife tingakumbukire, Dallas Cowboys ndi Detroit Lions akhala akusewera masewera pa Tsiku la Thanksgiving. Koma chifukwa chiyani?
Tiyeni tiyambe ndi a Lions. Asewera nthawi iliyonse ya Thanksgiving kuyambira mu 1934, kupatulapo 1939-44, ngakhale kuti nthawi zambiri sanali gulu labwino. A Lions adasewera nyengo yawo yoyamba ku Detroit mu 1934 (asanafike nthawi imeneyo, anali a Portsmouth Spartans). Anavutika chaka chawo choyamba ku Detroit, chifukwa okonda masewera ambiri kumeneko ankakonda Detroit Tigers ya baseball ndipo sanabwere ambiri kudzaonera a Lions. Choncho mwiniwake wa Lions, George A. Richards, anali ndi lingaliro lakuti: Bwanji osasewera pa Thanksgiving?
Richards analinso ndi siteshoni ya wailesi ya WJR, yomwe inali imodzi mwa ma siteshoni akuluakulu mdzikolo panthawiyo. Richards anali ndi mphamvu zambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo analimbikitsa NBC kuti iwonetse masewerawa mdziko lonse. Wopambana wa NFL, Chicago Bears, anabwera mumzindawu, ndipo a Lions anagulitsa bwalo la University of Detroit lomwe linali ndi mipando 26,000 kwa nthawi yoyamba. Richards anapitilizabe mwambowu zaka ziwiri zotsatira, ndipo a NFL anapitiriza kuwakonzera nthawi ya Thanksgiving pamene anayambiranso kusewera pa tsiku limenelo nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse itatha. Richards anagulitsa timuyi mu 1940 ndipo anamwalira mu 1951, koma mwambo womwe anayambitsa ukupitirirabe lero pamene a Lions akusewera ... a Chicago Bears.
Gulu la Cowboys linayamba kusewera pa Thanksgiving mu 1966. Analowa mu ligi mu 1960 ndipo, ngakhale kuti n'zovuta kukhulupirira tsopano, anavutika kukopa mafani chifukwa anali oipa kwambiri m'zaka zoyambirira zimenezo. Woyang'anira wamkulu Tex Schramm anapempha NFL kuti iwakonzere masewera a Thanksgiving mu 1966, poganiza kuti izi zingawapangitse kutchuka ku Dallas komanso m'dziko lonselo popeza masewerawa adzawonetsedwa pa TV.
Zinagwira ntchito. Matikiti 80,259 omwe adagulitsidwa ku Dallas adagulitsidwa pomwe Cowboys adagonjetsa Cleveland Browns, 26-14. Otsatira ena a Cowboys akunena kuti masewerawa ndi chiyambi cha Dallas kukhala "gulu la America." Adangophonya kusewera pa Thanksgiving mu 1975 ndi 1977, pomwe Commissioner wa NFL Pete Rozelle adasankha St. Louis Cardinals m'malo mwake.
Masewera omwe adaseweredwa ndi Cardinals adawoneka kuti ndi otayika pamlingo, kotero Rozelle adafunsa a Cowboys ngati angasewerenso mu 1978.
“Zinali zachilendo ku St. Louis,” Schramm adauza Chicago Tribune mu 1998. “Pete adafunsa ngati tingabwezeretse. Ine ndinati pokhapokha ngati titapeza kwamuyaya. Ndi chinthu chomwe muyenera kumanga ngati mwambo. Iye anati, 'Ndi chanu kwamuyaya.'”
Nate Bain adathamanga kwambiri pomwe nthawi inali itatha ndipo adagoletsa chigoli pa layup Lachiwiri usiku kuti apatse Stephen F. Austin chigonjetso chodabwitsa cha 85-83 pa ola limodzi motsutsana ndi Duke, zomwe zidathetsa masewera 150 omwe Blue Devils idapambana kunyumba motsutsana ndi otsutsa omwe sanali a mpikisano.
Bain, wophunzira wa ku Bahamas, adayankhulana ndi khoti ndipo adatseka misozi ponena za chaka chomwe chinali chovuta. Nyumba yomwe banja lake linkakhalamo idawonongedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya Dorian chaka chino.
“Banja langa lataya zinthu zambiri chaka chino,” anatero Bain mokhumudwa. “Sindidzalira pa TV.”
Akuluakulu a Stephen F. Austin adakhazikitsa tsamba la GoFundMe lovomerezedwa ndi NCAA la Bain mu Seputembala. Ophunzira a Stephen F. Austin adayamba kugawana tsamba limenelo pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti atapambana, ndipo kuyambira Lachitatu masana, adapeza ndalama zoposa $69,000, zomwe zidapitilira mosavuta cholinga cha $50,000. Potengera ndemanga zina, ena mwa omwe adapereka anali mafani a Duke.
Nthawi yotumizira: Novembala-28-2019