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USandra Douglass Morgan ubone izinguquko eziningi kule minyaka emihlanu selokhu aqanjwa kwiKhomishini Yemidlalo yaseNevada.
Ngawo lowo nyaka eba umlawuli wemidlalo, iNkantolo Ephakeme yavula indlela yokubheja kwezemidlalo okusemthethweni. Kusukela lapho, ezinye izifundazwe ezingama-32 kanye neWashington, DC, sethule ukubheja kwezemidlalo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, Douglass Morgan usuke kumlawuli wemidlalo waba ngusihlalo weNevada Gaming Control Board waya ebhodini labaqondisi bezinkampani ezinkulu zekhasino Caesars Entertainment. Manje, usengumongameli weLas Vegas Raiders, oqopha umlando njengowesifazane wokuqala we-NFL onombala ukuhola iqembu.
UDouglass Morgan uthe ifa lakhe elimnyama nelaseKorea kungenzeka ukuthi limsizile ukuthi abekwe obala, kodwa wakhomba umsebenzi wakhe ngaphandle kwezemidlalo njengokhiye ekuletheni ukuhlukahluka ehhovisi le-Raiders.
“Kube yinto ejabulisayo. Ngibusisekile ngendlela emangalisayo ukuthi nginikezwe la mathuba, uyazi, ngokusekelwe kumakhono ami kanye nolwazi lwami,” kusho uDouglass Morgan etshela i-CNBC. “Kube uhambo olumangalisayo.”
Ngo-2018, lapho iNkantolo Ephakeme ichitha uMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwezemidlalo Ochwepheshe kanye Nezimfundamakhwela, noma i-PASPA, uDouglass Morgan wazithola esendimeni yokweluleka, esiza ekuhleleni ukuthi ezinye izifundazwe zamukela kanjani ukubheja kwezemidlalo njengoba nje kwakuqala ukugembula kwegolide.
“Wawunezifunda kanye neziphathimandla ezahlukene … ukuza eNevada futhi ubuza ithimba lethu, ‘Ulawula kanjani ukubheja kwezemidlalo? Futhi buyini ubudlelwano bakho nabanikazi bakho bamalayisense kanye nezincwadi zezemidlalo?’ “kusho uDouglass Morgan.
Ngokuhlonishwa kwe-Las Vegas Raiders
Njengoba amaqembu namaligi ezama ukuzulazula amahlazo okwenza isihloko kanye nezingibe ezingaba khona ngokubheja kwezemidlalo, uDouglass Morgan ulethe ulwazi oluningi nolwazi ngemidlalo enomthwalo wemfanelo kanye nobuqotho.
Uthe ukubheja kwezemidlalo kuseyinsakavukela futhi imfundo ngokugembula futhi yonke imithetho yakhona ibalulekile kuwo wonke umuntu kwezemidlalo.
“Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu – futhi akubona abadlali kuphela, wonke umsebenzi oneqembu, noma ngabe ohlangothini lweqembu lebhola lezinyawo, noma uhlangothi lwenhlangano yebhizinisi – uyayazi imithetho, uyazazi ezinye zezingibe,” wathi.
Ngenkathi ezemidlalo nokugembula kuhlangene futhi kuguquka ezweni lonke, inhlokodolobha yezokugembula yezwe isiphenduke indawo yezemidlalo evelele iyodwa.
Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-Las Vegas izosingatha i-Super Bowl ngo-2024 e-Allegiant Stadium, ikhaya lama-Raiders, i-franchise yokuqala ye-NFL yedolobha. UVegas naye ulindele ngokulangazela umjaho wayo wokuqala weFormula One ngale nkwindla, futhi unxenxa iqembu le-MLB, i-Oakland As. Isivele yamukele iWNBA Aces yayo kanye neNHL Golden Knights.
Ngokuhlonishwa kwe-Las Vegas Raiders
Impumelelo yezemidlalo e-Las Vegas izwakala njengomuntu siqu kuDouglass Morgan, odabuka edolobheni futhi okhulisa izingane zakhe lapho. Ngesikhathi ehola iRaiders uthe angakwazi ukusiza ukuthonya amathuba okusizakala kanye nezemfundo athuthukisa izinga lempilo yomphakathi wangakubo.
Nomlando awenzayo njengomongameli wamaRaiders?
“Ngizizwa nginomthwalo wemfanelo wokuqinisekisa ukuthi lesi sikhundla angisithathi kalula. Ngiyazi ukuthi ukuqokwa nje njengomengameli kungakhuthaza, uyazi, noma ngabe abesifazane namantombazane kanye nabantu abahlukahlukene. izizinda ukuze bazi ukuthi akhona amathuba okuba semkhakheni wezemidlalo,” kusho yena.
