Re: Comparing sumo with American sports

["Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika" <dakinesumo@hotmail.com>]

Wait, I think it is pretty easy to compare sumo to NON-American sports.

For example, cricket?  Just like sumo but they get to use paddles and the 
dohyo is much bigger.

Rugby?  Again just like sumo but bigger dohyo and they have this funny 
shaped ball they fight over.

Football (soccer)?  You got it, bigger dohyo and round ball that they touch 
with their feet only.

All of these sports have gyoji, though they lack the cool kimono action.

All these sports have more than one wrestler playing at one time, making it 
a 'team' sport.  ;-)


From: Jezz <jezz@urban.ne.jp>
>To: Aaron Willis <awillis@spys.org>
>CC: Sumo Mail List <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Comparing sumo with American sports
>Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 06:16:00 +0900
>
>A problem for me when comparing Sumo to 'American Sports', is that I don't 
>know
>anything about American Sports......   (Nor do I particularly want to learn 
>;-)
>
>However, if we were to start comparing Sumo to other well-known sports - 
>such as
>football (soccer), rugby, cricket, croquet or Mornington Crescent - then I 
>would
>be able to join in, but I am sure a lot of other MLers would feel like that 
>they
>are being slightly excluded from the discussion due to their unfamiliarity 
>with
>the above sports ;-)
>
>All the best,
>Jezz
>
>Aaron Willis wrote:
>
> > I will ask another question (please, hold your
> > breath and do not get to angry, and compare it with another American 
>sport,
> > football).
>

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