Re: [sumo] Ancient sumo grapples.... Clyde quote

["Whitney" <kishiko@charter.net>]

Quoting Clyde, 

    "The more influential leaders of the Sumo Association have a sense of crisis and are aware that more must be done," said Clyde Newton, editor of Sumo Digest."

What about the most influential leader of Sumo World magazine filling subscriptions? Is he aware that their is a sense of crisis and more must be done?  Oh wait.... different topic....

Whitney in TX .... :)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Kuroda" <joe_kuroda@yahoo.com>
To: <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [sumo] Ancient sumo grapples with modern times


> --- Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@webtrek.com> wrote: 
> > Ancient sumo grapples with modern times
> > Fri 6 February, 2004 03:06 
> >  By Dan Sloan
> ...
> > With waning sponsorship, falling turnout and --
> > perhaps most troubling
> > -- the loss of its biggest stars, sumo has been less
> > than agile in
> > responding to very modern business woes.
> > 
> > Retiring grand champion Musashimaru put it bluntly:
> > "Hello, it's 2004.
> > We're not in the Edo Era."
> 
> It's rather obvious this guy missed the boat a couple
> years ago. You don't take what Maru says "bluntly".
> On NHK's News10 program, their sportscaster Udo asked 
> Maru once if he already had someone he was thinking of
> getting married. Maru said, "Yes...(her name is)
> Umiko."  Ms Udo thinking she got one of the biggest
> scoops of year breathlessly kept asking Maru,
> "Yokozuna, is it really true, as this program is going
> all over Japan."   Of course, Ms UMIKO Udo didn't
> realize then, Maru was merely toying with her.   
> 
> Well I did digress.  Anyway why is this guy writing
> the stuff like this now? Ozumo is slowly climbing out
> of the lowest pit.  This Hatsu Basho they had a
> weekday sellout in a long long time (with their usual
> weekend and holiday sellouts).  Asashoryu got the
> record number of Kensho on Day 14.  The Kokugikan
> souvenir shops looked little busier now with
> Takamisakari goodies and the chankos selling out well
> before the Makuuchi bouts started.  TV ratings have
> recovered somewhat.
> 
> For good or bad, more things change out in the world,
> more things stay the same in Ozumo.  Speaking of
> which, the Kyokai folks now have to contend with four
> more years of Fusae Ota, the Governor of Osaka as she
> just got re-elected.  I wonder if someone is going to
> see her before the Haru Basho starts to tell her that
> they are still weighing in all the facts and are not
> yet ready to release the conclusion to let her climb
> up on the dohyo to give the Governor's Cup herself.
>  
> 
> =====
> .....Jonosuke 
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