Re: Hoshitori Game suggestion

[Robert Brown <brownro214@yahoo.com>]

They do have a benefit, they have their names at the
top of the banzuke.  If you want equality, make
everyone the same rank at the start of each basho,
otherwise, forget it.  The world is not all equal.

Kodaiyama

--- Knut Högvall <knutte@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> 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


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