Fifteen weeks of the regular season, Monday Night Game, "San Francisco 49ers VS Pittsburgh Steelers".
From all aspects, this game is highly anticipated, and the popularity is even comparable to the Christmas game that will kick off next week. Before the playoffs arrive, this will undoubtedly be a major event. Especially thanks to the gambling showdown of "Charles Davis VS Lu Ke", even Las Vegas came to join in the fun.
Las Vegas opens up bets outside of games:
After the game, the probability of Lu Ke officially firing in front of the media; the probability of Charles officially firing during the show: Lu Ke mentioned "Charles", "Victory", and "In-Your-Face" during the interview The probability of Charles mentioning a series of phrases such as "Chinese", "over-the-top", "see you in the playoffs" during interviews.
Fifteen different small gambling games actually appeared, and the maximum limit for betting was set at one thousand dollars. It is more of a small gambling game for internal entertainment, and it is also to prevent the two parties from placing bets through their relatives and friends, and then deliberately winning the bets.
It can be seen from this small aspect that the words of this week's game have successfully spread throughout North America.
For the general public watching the excitement, this is absolutely interesting; even league officials have paid attention. Goodell said in the interview, "This is nonsense, everyone must still focus on the game. above".
But Goodell's admonition failed to have an effect. Instead, it acted more like a catalyst, and more and more players joined the discussion.
In addition to Charles, Lu Ke now has more opponents and, of course, more supporters. This Chinese-American quarterback is becoming a beautiful sight in the league.
For example, Tony Romo and Eli Manning stood on Lu Ke's side, or in other words, on the players' side.
Romo said in an interview, "Perhaps analysts and commentators should do their job and look at Lu Ke's performance this season before speaking, instead of casually denying a player's efforts because of personal bias. In order to be able to play in the game The outstanding performance and the hard work behind the players are absolutely unimaginable.”
At the same time, he also liked Lu Ke on his personal Twitter and sent a "come on" gesture.
For another example, Cam Newton, Patrick Peterson, and Richard Sherman expressed their disdain, thinking that Lu Ke was just sensationalizing.
The most eye-catching thing is not Newton or Peterson, but Sherman, who is full of firepower. "He is a clown. He has been like this since the first day of rookie training camp. He even found every rookie at that time." Taking pictures and posting them on the photo wall to try to get followers. God, I've never heard of a player being so stupid."
"The doubts from Charles Davis may be a secret conspiracy for him. Now everyone is paying attention to him and even cheering for him. So, he became popular, and this is his purpose. Then what’s the next step? I guess it’s to start accepting a lot of advertising, right? I heard that it’s not just the Jews who have business acumen.” Sherman’s big mouth was completely out of control, and the more he spoke, the more outrageous he said, and there were even signs of losing control. The reporter cut off his words.
Now we are at the cusp of the storm, and league officials have just killed the chicken to scare the monkeys. They don't want to cause trouble. If they are not careful, their qualifications for playoff coverage may be affected.
In the fourteenth week of the regular season that just ended, racial discrimination became a hot topic, and the league officials gave positive support and punished the Arizona Cardinals with the harshest means, resolutely defining the incident; subsequently, the Cardinals The team officials also expressed their support for the alliance and determined that the matter will be thoroughly investigated and rectified.
The whole incident developed faster than imagined. On the surface, it seemed calm, but turbulent undercurrents were everywhere. Roger Goodell and Lech Steinberg, as well as the top management of the San Francisco 49ers, worked together to promote absolute success. It’s a must.
This means that 32 teams have reached a consensus and officially accepted the arrival of Lu Ke, a Chinese quarterback. Next, Lu Ke will become a springboard to open up the Asian market. Perhaps, every team Everyone can get a share of the pie; it also means that, at least at the official level, those racially discriminatory remarks and actions are condemned.
Not for racial equality, but for the common good.
Of course, the official position is just that. Discrimination and prejudice against ethnic minorities have always existed, and related contradictions and conflicts are endless. Leaving aside the reactions of players within the league for the time being, at least netizens are still actively expressing their opinions and views.
On social networks, "Lu Ke-Skywalker" has once again become the subject of heated discussion, and those negative emotions have been vented unscrupulously, and all kinds of bad remarks have begun to run rampant, truly making people aware of the seriousness of the problem. , and also made people aware of the difficult situation faced by the Asian community.
The Monday Night Game took place under this background, and Charles's bet was further fermented against this background. Therefore, people's emotions were vented through this game and this bet.
Looking at the comments of players such as Romo and Sherman, you can see their personal positions in a sense. They cannot make radical remarks directly, but they can express their opinions through competition.
Unintentionally, the game began to lose its meaning and weight.
The more voices of support and the more voices of opposition, which means the more intense the conflicts, the more attention given to Lu Ke, the more critical the game will be. Obviously, under the combined influence of all factors, Lu Ke's performance in this game will, to a large extent, determine people's direct perception of the identity of a "Chinese-American quarterback."
Objectively speaking, even if the San Francisco 49ers win the game, it will not be able to immediately reverse those stubborn prejudices and discrimination. This is still a long road of self-proof; however, if you imagine it in reverse, the situation will suddenly become much more serious:
If the San Francisco 49ers win the game, but Lu Ke's personal performance is not good enough; or worse, the San Francisco 49ers lose the game, or even lose the game because of Lu Ke - just like a home game Same as that Arizona Cardinals game...
Then, Lu Ke will be greeted by overwhelming questions and provocations like a tsunami. To be more exaggerated, it may even endanger Lu Ke's personal safety. After all, no one can predict the extreme actions of those crazy racial/ethnic/identity/subordinates and crazy fans.
For everyone, this is a game that attracts unprecedented attention; but for Lu Ke, this is a game with no retreat.
Everything is continuing to add fuel to this competition.
On all major social network platforms, the topic "49ers VS Steelers" has become a hot trend, detonating the focus, and even further beyond the field of football, when Leonardo DiCapri After O and Candice Swanepoel also retweeted topics related to the game, things couldn't stop the car completely.
As we all know, Leonardo is a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, second only to Jack Nicholson; but this time, Leonardo forwarded the topic "49ers VS Steelers" and also In the tweet, he wrote, "Go, 49ers, go (Go-49ers-Go)."
At this time, everyone's eyes were cast: When did Leonardo become a fan of the San Francisco 49ers?
Some people are just paying attention to the game itself and looking forward to a fierce conflict; some are more concerned about the Chinese quarterback and the controversial topics derived from the Chinese identity; some are curious because of Charles Davis's provocation , paying attention to the direction of the bet; others are more curious about the interests behind the league's official position. Why do the other 31 teams support Goodell's official position?
But, no matter what the reason was, the result was that this Monday Night Game received unimaginable attention, and even gave people the illusion that the playoffs had arrived early.
Regardless of the outcome of the game, the bystanders are winners. They can see the ugliness of the losers. They can see the embarrassment of the loser. They can also see the performance of the Chinese quarterback. Between the two fans, Outside the third-party fans, they are always the winners, as if they are enjoying a grand and wonderful performance.
It is conceivable that the excitement on social network platforms will further heat up as the game time approaches!
Such a situation, such a trend, such a situation, absolutely no one expected it. Even Roger Goodell, even Charles Davis, even Lu Ke, they did not expect that everything would come together. It exploded during the week and there was an unimaginable chemistry.
In fact, that's a good thing for the league.
If Lu Ke can prove himself, then there will be no shackles or obstacles in opening up the Asian market in North America; even if not, the league can show the Asian community that they are participating through Lu Ke's indomitable playing spirit and state. To the possibility of football.
In other words, this is the first step to open up the Asian market. The grander the occasion, the greater the opportunity.
On and off the field, the bustling hot topics have grabbed everyone's attention. Even on the Thursday night game, the focus of people's discussion is still the Monday night game. From fans to players, from reporters to commentators, from football hobbies From observers to ordinary citizens, almost everyone knows that this week's Monday Night Game will be a spectacular showdown that no one wants to miss, and no one should miss it.
In such a situation, Charles "within the alliance" naturally became the focus again.
