Mu gihe cyose abenshi muri twe twibuka, Dallas Cowboys na Detroit Lions bakinnye imikino ku munsi wo gushimira Imana. Ariko kuki?
Reka dutangire n'ikipe ya Lions. Bakinnye buri gihe cya Thanksgiving kuva mu 1934, usibye 1939-44, nubwo muri iyo myaka myinshi batari ikipe nziza. Ikipe ya Lions yakinnye umwaka wayo wa mbere i Detroit mu 1934 (mbere y'aho, bari ikipe ya Portsmouth Spartans). Bagowe n'umwaka wabo wa mbere i Detroit, kuko abakunzi benshi ba siporo baho bakundaga Detroit Tigers yo muri baseball kandi ntibaje ku bwinshi kureba Lions. Rero nyiri Lions George A. Richards yagize igitekerezo: Kuki batakina kuri Thanksgiving?
Richards yari afite kandi radiyo WJR, yari imwe muri radiyo nini cyane mu gihugu icyo gihe. Richards yari afite imbaraga nyinshi mu itangazamakuru, kandi yemeje NBC kwerekana umukino mu gihugu hose. Chicago Bears, umukinnyi wa NFL, yaje mu mujyi, maze Lions igurisha ikibuga cya Kaminuza ya Detroit cyari gifite imyanya 26.000 ku nshuro ya mbere. Richards yakomeje uwo muco mu myaka ibiri yakurikiyeho, kandi NFL yakomeje kubagenera igihe cyo gushimira Imana ubwo bongeraga gukina kuri iyo tariki nyuma y’uko Intambara ya Kabiri y’Isi Yose irangiye. Richards yagurishije ikipe mu 1940 apfa mu 1951, ariko umuco yatangiye urakomeza n’uyu munsi iyo Lions ikina… Chicago Bears.
Ikipe ya Cowboys yakinnye bwa mbere kuri Thanksgiving mu 1966. Yinjiye muri shampiyona mu 1960, nubwo bigoye kubyemera ubu, byagoranye gukurura abafana kuko bari babi cyane muri iyo myaka mike ya mbere. Umuyobozi mukuru Tex Schramm yasabye NFL kubategurira umukino wa Thanksgiving mu 1966, atekereza ko bishobora gutuma bakundwa cyane i Dallas ndetse no mu gihugu hose kubera ko umukino wari kugaragara kuri televiziyo.
Byaragenze neza. Amatike 80.259 yaguzwe mu gihe ikipe ya Cowboys yatsindaga Cleveland Browns, 26-14. Bamwe mu bafana ba Cowboys bavuga ko uwo mukino ari intangiriro ya Dallas kuba "ikipe ya Amerika." Babuze gukina kuri Thanksgiving mu 1975 na 1977, ubwo Komiseri wa NFL Pete Rozelle yahitamoga St. Louis Cardinals.
Imikino yahuje Cardinals yagaragaye ko yatsinzwe mu manota, bityo Rozelle abaza Cowboys niba bazongera gukina mu 1978.
Schramm yabwiye ikinyamakuru Chicago Tribune mu 1998 ati: “Byari ibintu bidasanzwe muri St. Louis. Pete yabajije niba twabigarura. Navuze gusa niba tubibonye burundu. Ni ikintu ugomba kubaka nk'umuco. Yaravuze ati: ‘Ni icyanyu iteka ryose.’ ”
Nate Bain yirukanye umupira nyuma y’uko igihe kirangiye, maze atsinda igitego mu mukino wo kuruhuka kuwa kabiri nijoro, bituma Stephen F. Austin atsinda Duke ku manota 85-83, arangiza umukino w’imikino 150 ikipe ya Blue Devils imaze itsinze imikino yo mu rugo itaratangira.
Bain, umunyeshuri wo mu mwaka wa nyuma ukomoka muri Bahamas, yatanze ikiganiro mu rukiko maze yifata amarira ubwo yavugaga ukuntu umwaka wari ukomeye. Inzu umuryango we wabagamo yasenywe n'inkubi y'umuyaga Dorian muri uyu mwaka.
Bain wari ufite agahinda kenshi yagize ati: “Umuryango wanjye watakaje byinshi uyu mwaka. Sinzarira kuri televiziyo.”
Abayobozi ba Stephen F. Austin bari bashyizeho urupapuro rwa GoFundMe rwemejwe na NCAA kuri Bain muri Nzeri. Abanyeshuri ba Stephen F. Austin batangiye gusangiza urwo rupapuro ku mbuga nkoranyambaga nyuma y’intsinzi, kandi kugeza mu gitondo cyo kuwa gatatu, rwari rwamaze gukusanya amafaranga arenga gato $69.000, arenga ku gitego cy’amadolari 50.000. Ukurikije ibitekerezo bimwe na bimwe, bamwe mu batanze inkunga bari abafana ba Duke.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ugushyingo-28-2019