Kwa nthawi yonse yomwe ambiri aife tingakumbukire, a Dallas Cowboys ndi Detroit Lions adasewera masewera pa Tsiku lakuthokoza. Koma chifukwa chiyani?
Tiyeni tiyambe ndi Mikango. Asewera nawo Thanksgiving iliyonse kuyambira 1934, kupatula 1939-44, ngakhale sanakhale gulu labwino zaka zambiri. Mikango idasewera nyengo yawo yoyamba ku Detroit ku 1934 (zisanachitike, anali Portsmouth Spartans). Adalimbana ndi chaka chawo choyamba ku Detroit, popeza ambiri okonda masewera kumeneko ankakonda baseball ya Detroit Tigers ndipo sanatuluke mwaunyinji kudzawonera Mikango. Kotero mwini Mikango George A. Richards anali ndi lingaliro: Bwanji osasewera pa Thanksgiving?
Richards analinso ndi wailesi ya WJR, yomwe inali imodzi mwa masiteshoni akuluakulu m’dzikoli panthawiyo. Richards anali ndi chidwi kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adalimbikitsa NBC kuti iwonetse masewerawa m'dziko lonselo. Mpikisano wa NFL Chicago Bears adabwera ku tawuni, ndipo mikango idagulitsa malo a 26,000 a University of Detroit kwa nthawi yoyamba. Richards adasunga mwambowu zaka ziwiri zotsatira, ndipo NFL idapitilizabe kuwakonzera pa Thanksgiving pomwe adayambiranso kusewera pa tsiku lomwe Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse itatha. Richards adagulitsa timuyi mu 1940 ndipo adamwalira mu 1951, koma mwambo womwe adayambitsa ukupitilira lero pomwe Lions imasewera ... Chicago Bears.
A Cowboys adasewera koyamba pa Thanksgiving mu 1966. Adabwera mu ligi mu 1960 ndipo, molimba momwe zimakhalira kukhulupirira tsopano, adavutika kuti akope mafani chifukwa anali oyipa kwambiri zaka zingapo zoyambirirazo. General Manager Tex Schramm adachonderera NFL kuti iwakonzere masewera a Thanksgiving mu 1966, poganiza kuti zitha kupangitsa kuti anthu achuluke kwambiri ku Dallas komanso mdziko lonse popeza masewerawa aziwonetsedwa pawailesi yakanema.
Zinagwira ntchito. Matikiti a Dallas-record 80,259 adagulitsidwa pomwe Cowboys adagonjetsa Cleveland Browns, 26-14. Otsatira ena a Cowboys amanena kuti masewerawa ndi chiyambi cha Dallas kukhala "timu ya America." Iwo angophonya kusewera pa Thanksgiving mu 1975 ndi 1977, pamene NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle anasankha St. Louis Cardinals m'malo mwake.
Masewera omwe ali ndi ma Cardinals adakhala otayika pamiyeso, motero Rozelle adafunsa a Cowboys ngati angaseweranso mu 1978.
Schramm anauza Chicago Tribune mu 1998 kuti: “Zinali zopusa ku St. Louis. Pete anafunsa ngati tingabwezere. Ndidati pokhapokha titapeza kwamuyaya. Ndi chinachake chimene inu muyenera kumanga monga mwambo. Iye anati, 'Ndi zanu mpaka kalekale.' ”
Nate Bain adathamangira kumunsi ndi nthawi yodutsa ndipo adapeza pa Layup Lachiwiri usiku kuti apatse Stephen F. Austin chigonjetso chodabwitsa cha 85-83 pa Duke, kuthetsa mpikisano wa Blue Devils wa 150-masewera apanyumba motsutsana ndi otsutsa omwe sali pamsonkhano.
Bain, wamkulu wa ku Bahamas, adayankhulana pabwalo lamilandu ndipo adagwetsa misozi pofotokoza za zaka zovuta. Nyumba yomwe banja lake limakhalamo idawonongedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Dorian chaka chino.
"Bain langa linataya kwambiri chaka chino," adatero Bain wokhudzidwa mtima. "Sindilira pa TV."
Akuluakulu a Stephen F. Austin adakhazikitsa tsamba la GoFundMe lovomerezeka ndi NCAA la Bain kubwerera mu September. Ophunzira a Stephen F. Austin anayamba kugawana nawo tsambalo pamasewero ochezera a pa Intaneti atapambana, ndipo kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa Lachitatu masana, adakweza ndalama zokwana madola 69,000, zomwe zimadutsa mosavuta $ 50,000. Kutengera ndemanga zina, ochepa mwa omwe adaperekawo anali mafani a Duke.
Nthawi yotumiza: Nov-28-2019