IJersey yeSizwe yaBasetyhini yeBhola ekhatywayo ixhaphake kakhulu, Yaphula iRekhodi yokuThengisa yeNike

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Ngeli xesha lesizini, iQela leSizwe laseMelika labaseTyhini beSoka belisenza iindaba ezisekhohlo nasekunene. Kwabaqalayo, iqela belityumza abadlali balo kwaye liza kudlulela kumdlalo wokugqibela weNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA emva kokubetha iNgilane kumdlalo owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi. Abadlali bebesenza amaza ebaleni, nabo: Iqela lisandula ukubamba iingxoxo zokuba ingaba ukubhiyozelwa kweenjongo akunamdlalo (ukuthatha eshushu: ayingabo), kwaye uSue Bird ubhale isincoko esinamandla malunga noDonald Trump ohlasela intombi yakhe, umphathi we-USWNT uMegan Rapinoe.

Obunye ubungqina bokuba eli ibilixesha elibalulekileyo? Abantu bathenga ijezi zasekhaya zaseMelika iBhola ekhatywayo yabasetyhini kwiNike ngamanani erekhodi. (Idibeneyo: Iqela laseMelika laseMelika labadlali beBhola ekwabelana ngeyona nto bayithandayo kakhulu ngemizimba yabo)

"Ijezi yasekhaya yabaseTyhini baseMelika ngoku yijezi yebhola ekhatywayo engu-1, eyamadoda okanye eyabafazi, eyakha yathengiswa kuNike.com ngexesha elinye," utshilo umphathi we-Nike uMark Parker kwifowuni yomvuzo, iingxelo Ushishino ngaphakathi.

Yinto enkulu kakhulu leyo, kuba iNike ithengisa iijezi zamaqela amaninzi avela kwihlabathi liphela kwiwebhusayithi yakhe. (Edibeneyo: UMegan Rapinoe waba ngowokuqala ukuba nguMfazi waseGay ovulekileyo ukuba abambe kwi-SI Swim)

Ezi ndaba zongeza kubungqina obandayo bokuba i-US Soccer Federation kufuneka ivuse i-TF. Iqela leSizwe lebhola ekhatywayo labasetyhini laseMelika likwisimangalo esichasene neli qela, lityhola ucalucalulo ngokwesini kwindlela ahlawulwa ngayo amabhinqa xa kuthelekiswa neqela laseMelika lamadoda. Ayisiyiyo kuphela imidlalo ehambisa umdlalo ophakamileyo kwiqela lamadoda kumaxesha akutshanje, kodwa abadlali ababhinqileyo bavelisa ingeniso engakumbi, kwaye ayisiyiyo kwaphela xa kufikwa kwijezi zeNike.

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