Nangona amakhwenkwe amancinci ebaleni abethwa kanobom kwaye athunyelwa nganye nganye, abazali babo abazami ukuwumisa umdlalo. Oomama nootata beme ecaleni, bevuya. Nangona kamva wanqunyanyiswa emva kokumanyelwa, abahlaziyi kunye nabaqeqeshi baqhubeka nokudlala, bexhalabile ngokungafumani omnye umdlalo kwishedyuli yebhola ekhatywayo yePop Warner ka-2012. Le yayingeyiyo iMonty Python bit okanye a iphaki yasemazantsi isiqendu. Oku kwenzeke ngenene eSouthbridge kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Lunjalo uzuko kunye nokudideka kwebhola ekhatywayo laseMelika-umoya ohlaziyayo wasekwindla, ukuqhekeka kwebhiya ngasemva, isweatshirt yeqela eline-snuggly, amakhwenkwe anamadoda kwiishawari. Ube ngunyaka ombi kwimidlalo eyintandokazi yaseMelika yokuwa, kuthini ngamatyala ababesenziwa ngabadlali bangaphambili beNFL, ihlazo lePenn State, ukuzibulala komdlali, ikholeji kunye nokufa kwezikolo eziphakamileyo, kunye nokulimala kwengqondo kuwo onke amanqanaba. I-NFL iphose nje i-30 yezigidi zeedola kwiZiko leSizwe lezeMpilo kwisichotho uMary philanthropic pass ukunqanda i-PR kunye nokuchaphazeleka kwezomthetho malunga nokunxibelelana phakathi kweempikiswano eziphindaphindwayo zebhola ekhatywayo kunye nokuqala kwangoko kwe-Alzheimers. Ukhomishina usebenzisa amagama afana nokuguquka ukuchaza ikamva lebhola. Seyakhiwe iminyaka, kodwa umdlalo ubonakala ufikelele kwinqanaba lobunzima. IZiko leSizwe loPhando lweNtlekele yoKonzakala kwezeMidlalo lithi yonke imidlalo yebhola ekhatywayo (ukusuka kwisanti ukuya kwiNFL) ibangela umndilili wokufa kwabantu abasithoba ngonyaka. Kwiveki ephelileyo, umntwana oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala ogama linguWilliam Wayne Jones III wawa wasweleka ngexesha lokuziqhelanisa nebala kwiYunivesithi yaseTennessee State. Unobangela wokufa awukagqitywa. Ke kukho ukufa okusentsimini: ngo-Agasti, iTennessee Titans eyamkela ngokubanzi u-O.J. UMurdock wazidubula emotweni kwaye wasweleka eneminyaka eyi-25, waba ngumdlali wesithandathu weNFL ukuzibulala kwiminyaka emibini, into enokuthi inxulunyaniswe nokwenzakala kwengqondo. Abafileyo baninzi kakhulu kukuhamba kwenzakala. Isifundo esikhutshwe ngo-Septemba sifumanise ukuba abadlali beNFL bajongene nomngcipheko ophezulu we-Alzheimer's. Olu phononongo lulandele abadlali be-NFL bexesha elide phakathi kwe-1959 kunye ne-1988 kwaye bafumanisa ukuba umngcipheko wokuba nesifo wawuphinda kane kunabantu ngokubanzi. Amawakawaka abadlali bangaphambili baye bamangalela iligi bebanga ukuba i-NFL isilele ukubazisa ngengozi yexesha elide yomonakalo wobuchopho kwimingxunya ephindaphindiweyo. Abamangali bafuna ukubamba iligi inoxanduva lokukhathalela abadlali abanezi ngxaki. Kodwa ngaba ikhona enye indlela yokulungelelanisa ukhuseleko lwabadlali kunye nemidlalo yenkohlakalo ekholisa isihlwele? I-baseball idla ngokubizwa ngokuba ngumdlalo waseMelika, kodwa i-tapestry yobabalo lomzimba kunye namandla angenangqondo entliziyweni yebhola yeyona nto i-distillation egqibeleleyo yelizwe lethu. Silo kuphela isizwe esidlala ibhola yokwenyani, hayi i-futbol ebuthathaka yelizwe liphela. Mhlawumbi kuphela ngamaqela ombhoxo ase-Bhritane nase-Australia okanye ama-Spanish bullfighters asidibanisayo ngokwemidlalo yegazi yoluntu. Abathathe umhlala-phantsi beNFL bafanele ukuphumelela amatyala abo, nangona begqogqa ubuchopho babo kunye nezinye iintloko zamadoda yile nto bayityikityileyo. Ngokungafaniyo nabalwi baseRoma yamandulo, ababengamakhoboka okwenyani anyanzelwa kwibala lemidlalo ukuze balwele ubomi babo, abadlali bebhola ekhatywayo abakhethayo bakhetha umdlalo, kwaye bahlawulwa kakhulu. Umvuzo womdlali ophakathi we-NFL uyi- $ 770,000. Ewe imali ayothusi kangako xa ucinga ukuba ikhondo lomsebenzi ophakathi lihlala nje iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha, ngaphandle kokuba ubandakanya igig yomvakalisi okanye umthengisi weFord. Ngaba i-2 yezigidi zeedola yimbuyekezo nje yokuyeka ikhomishini yengqondo iminyaka emininzi ngaphambi koontanga bakhe? Kusemva kakhulu ukuba ubuze uMichael Iron Mike Webster, iziko elidumileyo lasePittsburgh Steelers, njengabanye abadlali abaninzi, owafunyaniswa enesifo sokugula esinganyangekiyo — isifo esiyekisayo-emva kokuba eswelekile, kulandela iminyaka yoxinzelelo, iintlungu kunye nesifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo. Ingxaki kukuba, ibhola yekholeji ixhonywe njengenye indlela yokuphuma kwintlupheko kubantwana abakhulu, kwezemidlalo. Imbiza yegolide iyathandeka, kwaye kunzima ukugxeka abantwana ngokukhetha umdlalo. Kodwa ukunyanzeliswa kwempahla yabantwana abahlwempuzekileyo kuthetha ukuba abadlali bayipropathi yabanini beqela. Kwaye bangabanini. Iqela eliqhelekileyo lixabisa ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni zeedola, kunye nee-rakes kumndilili we-261 yezigidi zeedola kwisizini. Iintengiso zeSuper Bowl zathengiswa nge-116,667 yeedola ngomzuzwana kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokweBloomberg. Abathengisi kunye neebhiliyoni ayizizo zodwa ezityaliweyo: I-avareji yaseMelika ixhasa ngezemali amabala emidlalo amakhulu apho ungquzulwano ludlala khona, njengoko uluntu lude luthululelwe kwiiprojekthi zokwakha endaweni yemfundo yabantwana. Ibala lezemidlalo i-Lucas Oil e-Indianapolis, apho kwakudlalelwa khona iSuper Bowl kunyaka ophelileyo, laxabisa i-720 yezigidi zeedola — uninzi lwayo umhlawuli-rhafu-mali . Ngaphandle kwayo yonke imali etyalwe kwezemidlalo, intyatyambo iza ivela kwiRose Bowl. Ukupapashwa malunga neempawu zexesha elide ezifunyanwa ngabadlali bebhola ekhatywayo ngengqondo kuye kwathoba ukuthatha inxaxheba kwezemidlalo kwinqanaba lolutsha, ngokweengxelo ezivela kwilizwe liphela ngoku kuwa. I-NFL iyangxama ukujongana nokuwa. UMkomishinala uRoger Goodell, ethetha kwiSikolo saseHarvard seMpilo yoLuntu kutsha nje, wanyanzelisa ukuba umdlalo ungaguquka kwaye ukhuseleke. Uthe iligi itshintshile imigaqo, kubandakanya ukwaphula umthetho ukujija ukwenza umdlalo ukhuseleke, kunye nokwazisa itekhnoloji eyandisiweyo yesigcina-ntloko. Kungekudala, umdlalo wavumela ukubethelwa kwentloko, ukujongwa ngesigqubuthelo sobuso, ukuwisa ikhola yehashe, iibhloko eziyingozi kunye nokubetha entlokweni yabamkeli abangazikhuselanga kunye neekota. Yonke loo nto itshintshile, utshilo. Umnumzana Goodell ubanga ingqalelo entsha kwiziphumo zexesha elide zokulimala kwengqondo kuthetha ukuba umdlalo unokukhuseleka. Iligi ithathe amanyathelo okunyusa umgca wokukhaba, yohlwaya ukubetha entlokweni kwaye ngokukhawuleza ichonge ukuxubana kwendlela. Ngenye iCawa yakutshanje, abathathu kwikota ye-NFL-uAlex Smith, uJay Cutler noMichael Vick-bathatyathwa ngaphandle kwemidlalo benesixubhu, kunye nokwenzakala kukaMnumzana Vick kuchazwe njengokubalulekileyo. Iingxaki ekusenokwenzeka ukuba zichithe ubusuku bangeCawa ngeengxubusho okokoko ibhola ekhatywayo yangena kumoya womoya. Kodwa abathathu bathathwe ebaleni ngenye imva kwemini ayiqhelekanga, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba banxulumene nokuqwalaselwa okutsha kweNFL kweengqondo zabadlali. Malunga ngoku, ndivakala ngokungathi ndingathanda ukubukela iMiboniso yoBugcisa kwi-Thanksgiving, kodwa okuphikisanayo Ndiyazithanda ezi brute. Andikwazi ukufumana ngokwaneleyo ubuhle be-prancing ye-back back okanye i-arc quarterback ye-arc yokupasa, ukugqibelela komntu kaTom Brady kunye nengalo yakhe yokuphosa okwesibini ngaphambi kokuchotshozwa yi-troglodytes yomgca wokuzikhusela. Ngubani onokumelana nokungqubana kweminqwazi, ukuqaqamba kwenyama kunye nethambo elihlaba emhlabeni? Ubunqolobi bokuqala obuziswe kumagumbi ethu okuhlala luhlobo lwenqaku liphela. Ngaphandle kwayo, yi-futbol. Kodwa ixabiso elihlawulwe ngamakhwenkwe nabonzakeleyo abonzakeleyo ngengqondo, kwaye ngamawaka amadoda akhulileyo ancitshiswe ukuba ajikeleze ukuqala kwangoko kwe-Alzheimer's, yibhili entle yokuhlawula ukonwabisa-iitapile. Ukupapashwa ngakumbi malunga nebhola kunye nokulimala kwengqondo kubangela ukuba abazali abaninzi bagcine abantwana babo bengekho ebaleni. Olunye utshintsho oluqhubayo lubandakanya ukunikezela ngezohlwayo zokuwisa ngentloko, kunye nokugxininisa kwiindlela ezikhuselekileyo zokuzikhusela. Kodwa abadlali bezikolo eziphakamileyo basasokola ukubhuqa i-67,000 ngonyaka kwibhola ekhatywayo, nto leyo ebangela ukuba kuthathwe into eninzi yezigidi zeedola. Rhoqo ngolwesiHlanu ngokuhlwa ngeli xesha lonyaka, abafundi beekholeji bayazikhathaza iindawo zokuma kwezikolo eziphakamileyo ezinee-binoculars kunye neetshathi, bekhupha amakhwenkwe njengamahashe ohlanga. UPop Warner, umdlalo olingana neLittle League, wenze iinguqu ezithile, kubandakanya ukunciphisa umda woqhakamshelwano kwisinye kwisithathu sexesha lokuziqhelanisa kunye nokuthintela isantya esipheleleyo, ukubola kwentloko. Enye ingcali yokulimala kwengqondo ayicebisanga ukuba kuyilwe ibhola kude kube li-14, ukanti uPop Warner wayikhupha ibhola ekhuselekileyo ngo-2005 ngenxa yokuba abazali banyanzelisa ingxelo yoqhakamshelwano. Iligi ide yongeza ukujongana nabantu abaneminyaka emi-5 neli-6 ubudala. I-NFL inokuphosa izigidi kumonzakalo wobuchopho kunye nophando lwesigcina-ntloko, kodwa olona tshintsho kufuneka luqale kwinqanaba lendawo, kumabala afana nalawo aseSouthbridge, eMass. Abazali kufuneka bafune ukuba iiligi kunye nezikolo zifake imithetho eqinileyo yokukhusela abantwana babo kwaye abaqeqeshi bayabanyanzelisa. Ukuba oko kuthetha ukuba unobubele, umdlalo ococekileyo, makube njalo.
