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

["Tom Quinn" <ytmq945@hotmail.com>]

I know Clyde will more than make it up to you...

From: "Whitney" <kishiko@charter.net>
> To: <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [sumo] Ancient sumo grapples.... Clyde quote
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:25:18 -0600
>
> 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
> >   <  Heart  Technique  Physique     ?S   <Z   'Ì  >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
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> > [EndPost by Joe Kuroda <joe_kuroda@yahoo.com>]
>
> [EndPost by "Whitney" <kishiko@charter.net>]

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