Mopapa Francis o kopana le moifo oa bonngoe oa libapali tsa NBA ho la Vatican

Moifo o emetseng National Basketball Players Association, mokhatlo o emelang baatlelete ba NBA ba litsebi, o kopane le Mopapa Francis mme ba bua le eena ka mosebetsi oa bona oa ho khothaletsa toka ea sechaba.

Mokhatlo oa libapali o itse sehlopha se kopaneng le mopapa ka la 23 Pulungoana se kenyelelitse: Marco Belinelli, San Antonio Spurs balebeli ba thunyang; Sterling Brown le Kyle Korver, balebeli ba thunya bakeng sa Milwaukee Bucks; Jonathan Isaac, sebapali sa Orlando Magic; le Anthony Tolliver, sebapali sa lilemo tse 13 eo hajoale e leng moemeli oa mahala.

NBPA e re seboka "se fane ka monyetla bakeng sa libapali ho buisana ka boiteko ba bona ka bomong le ka kopanelo ho sebetsana le ho hloka toka hoa sechaba le moruo le ho se lekane ho etsahalang metseng ea bona."

Libapali tsa NBA esale li bua ka litaba tsa toka ea sechaba ho pholletsa le selemo, haholo-holo kamora lefu le nyarosang la George Floyd ke mapolesa ka Mots'eanong a ileng a baka boipelaetso bo matla United States.

Pele e qala sehla sa basketball kamora ho emisoa ka lebaka la seoa sa COVID-19, mokhatlo le NBA li fihletse tumellano ea ho bonts'a melaetsa ea toka ea sechaba ka lijesi tsa bona.

Michele Roberts, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa NBPA, o boletse polelong ea la 23 Pulungoana hore kopano le mopapa "e netefatsa matla a mantsoe a libapali tsa rona."

"Taba ea hore e mong oa baetapele ba nang le tšusumetso e kholo lefats'eng o lekile ho qoqa le bona e bonts'a tšusumetso ea lipolanete tsa bona," ho boletse Roberts, ea neng a le teng kopanong eo. "Ke lula ke khothatsoa ke boitlamo bo tsoelang pele ba libapali tsa rona ho sebeletsa le ho ts'ehetsa sechaba sa heso."

Ho ea ka ESPN, liofisiri tsa mokhatlo li itse "mokena-lipakeng" bakeng sa mopapa o ile a atamela NBPA mme a ba tsebisa ka thahasello ea Mopapa Francis boitekong ba bona ba ho lebisa tlhokomelo litabeng tsa toka ea sechaba le ho se lekane hoa moruo.

Korver o boletse polelong ea hae hore mokhatlo o "tlotliloe haholo ho ba le monyetla oa ho tla Vatican le ho arolelana liphihlelo tsa rona le Mopapa Francis" le hore "pepeneneng le cheseho ea mopapa ho buisana ka tsena meralo e bile mohloli oa tšusumetso mme e re hopotsa hore mosebetsi oa rona o bile le tšusumetso lefats'eng lohle mme o tlameha ho tsoelapele ho hatela pele ".

"Kopano ea kajeno e bile boiphihlelo bo makatsang," ho boletse Tolliver. "Ka tshehetso le tlhohonolofatso ya mopapa, re thabile ho tobana le sehla sena se tlang re matlafaditswe ho tswela pele ho phehella diphethoho le ho tlisa metseng ya rona mmoho."