Re: [sumo] Jungyo news -August 3rd

[ulli_clive.kewell@t-online.de (Clive Kewell)]

Hi Jeanne,
Jeanne Hedge schrieb:
> At 03:33 PM 8/3/03, Clive Kewell wrote:
>  >moti schrieb:
>

>  >Perhaps a wise move for the time being, he should concentrate on his 
> sport and
>  >avoid giving the media any reason to attack him,
>
> I don't know where you live, but where I live an athlete avoiding the media 
> gives the media even more of an excuse to attack him, talk about him 
> negatively, and generally say and write lots of bad things about him.
>
> Jeanne
>
I live in Hamburg, Germany, and I was thinking of an example such as the 
german footballer Effenberg who once showed his displeasure with the german fans 
during a world cup game with a particular one-fingered gesture. He was ripped up 
by the media after that and spent some time in verbal seclusion until the heat 
went down. Perhaps such a strategy is not possible for a yokozuna and this 
particular incident was in the early 90´s when the media landscape was less 
intrusive than it is nowadays, however in the current lose-lose situation such a 
withdrawal still may be Asa´s best bet if it is coupled with perfect courtesy 
and ended after a period of a few months. Another alternative would be to let 
his Oyaykata speak for him whilst professing a phase of inner meditation in an 
attempt to achieve a higher level of maturity. Or perhaps he´ll start making 
jokes like Eminem,

Clive

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