Upopu uFrancis udibana neqela labathunywa beqela labadlali beNBA eVatican
Igqiza elimele iNational Basketball Players Association, umbutho omele iimbaleki zeNBA, badibana noPope Francis bathetha naye ngomsebenzi wabo wokukhuthaza ubulungisa kwezentlalo.
Umbutho wabadlali uthe iqela elihlangane nopopu nge-23 kaNovemba libandakanya: UMarco Belinelli, iSan Antonio Spurs ngokudubula; USterling Brown noKyle Korver, oonogada abadubula iMilwaukee Bucks; UJonathan Isaac, Orlando Magic phambili; kunye no-Anthony Tolliver, umdlali oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala okwangoku ongummeli wasimahla.
I-NBPA ithe le ntlanganiso "inike ithuba kubadlali ukuba baxoxe ngemizamo yabo yobuqu kunye neyokuhlangana yokujongana nokungabikho kokusesikweni kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho nokungalingani okwenzeka kwiindawo zabo."
Abadlali be-NBA bebethetha ngemicimbi yezobulungisa kwezentlalo unyaka wonke, ngakumbi emva kokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd ngendlela eyothusayo ngamapolisa ngoMeyi kwakhokelela kuqhanqalazo olukhulu eMelika.
Phambi kokuqalisa kwakhona kwesizini ye-basketball emva kokumiswa kwayo ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19, umanyano kunye ne-NBA bafikelela kwisivumelwano sokubonisa imiyalezo yezobulungisa kwezentlalo kwiijezi zabo.
UMichele Roberts, umlawuli olawulayo we-NBPA, wathi kwingxelo kaNovemba 23 ukuba ukudibana nopapa "kuqinisekisa amandla ezwi labadlali bethu."
“Inyaniso yokuba enye yezona nkokheli zinempembelelo ehlabathini izamile ukuba nencoko nazo ibonisa impembelelo yamaqonga abo,” utshilo uRoberts, owayekhona naye entlanganisweni. "Ndihlala ndikhuthazwa kukuzibophelela okuqhubekayo kwabadlali bethu ekukhonzeni nasekuxhaseni uluntu lwethu."
Ngokwe-ESPN, amagosa emibutho yabasebenzi athi "umlamli" kapopu waya kwi-NBPA wabaxelela ngomdla kaPopu Francis kwimizamo yabo yokunika ingqalelo kwimicimbi yezobulungisa kwezentlalo kunye nokungalingani kwezoqoqosho.
U-Korver uthe kwingxelo yakhe, umbutho "uhlonipheke kakhulu ngokufumana ithuba lokuza eVatican kwaye sabelane ngamava ethu noPapa Francis" kwaye "ukuvuleka kukapapa kunye nomdla wokuxoxa ngalezi zinto." imixholo ibingumthombo wenkuthazo kwaye isikhumbuza ukuba umsebenzi wethu ube nefuthe kwilizwe jikelele kwaye kufuneka uqhubeke uqhubele phambili “.
Intlanganiso yanamhlanje ibe ngamava amangalisayo, utshilo uTolliver. "Ngenxaso nentsikelelo kapapa, kuyasivuyisa ukujongana neli xesha lonyaka elizayo sikhuthazekile ukuba siqhubeke nokufuna utshintsho kunye nokudibanisa uluntu lwethu."