Re: Wakano-defensive lineman?

[Carl Freire <cfreire@ix.netcom.com>]

A rare 2 yen for me on this list:

I hadn't really given it much thought, but what Abe-san says makes plenty of sense to me.  This would make a great one-hour, or maybe even two-hour, special for whichever TV network.  No matter all of the theorizing that may be done regarding how apt Hanada may be for actually pursuing an NFL career, the development that Abe-san suggests really seems to me to be quite the likely scenario.

Of course, none of this would ever be overtly admitted . . . but by saying that I start to sound like one of the multitude of conspiracy theory buffs spread over the Internet in various nooks and crannies so I'll just stop here.

Cheers,
Carl

P.S. Any plans for a post-Basho Bay Area gathering again?

At 10:25 PM -0700 6/11/01, Masumi Abe wrote:
>My personal interpretation of this event is that it is for a TV special 
>"HANADA Masaru challenges NFL" or something similar. And that's not unusual 
>for a Japanese TV show.
>
>It's not a serious attempt to be an NFL player, but participating the camp and
>how he does would be a good story for a TV special for Japanese TV network 
>and probably very easy to get sponsorship from large corporation even under 
>the tight Japanese economy.
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