Re: Hoshitori Game suggestion

[Knut Högvall <knutte@bigfoot.com>]

In the real world, yokozuna and ozeki have other privileges the lower
rankers don't have, pecuniary and otherwise, that more than compensates
for the non-ability to pick up a sansho now and then. In the Hoshitori,
you don't - it's just a title, with no extra fringe benefits. I vote for
letting everybody have a shot at the sansho, in the name of equality.

- Heiyu

"Joshua A. Reyer" wrote:
> 
> > Kintaro wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to recommend a minor tweak (adjustment) to the
> > Hoshitori game
> > > (very minor I hope).  Just like our Kokugikan friends, I don't believe
> > > cyber Yokozuna and Ozeki should be eligible for sansho prizes.
> >
> > Speaking of sansho, I myself have that same opinion, that Yokozuna and
> > Ozeki shouldn't get them; they are expected to perform good. But in the
> > Bench Sumo ML there was the same discussion just some weaks ago with
> > the decision that Yokozuna and Ozeki should get the sanshos because...
> > what was it? I think it was because it is just a game.
> 
> There was also the feeling that it wouldn't be fair to the Y/O because they
> wouldn't have a chance at the great actual prizes one can win with Bench
> Sumo, unless they got the yusho.  Are there actual prizes in the Hoshitori?
> If so, I can see how it might be a good idea to let Y/O get sansho.  If it's
> just a "name" prize, then maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to follow
> Kintaro's suggestion.
> 
> Josh Reyer