[sumo] Smoking and Sumo-episode 3

[Moti <sumo@dichne.com>]

Well, the story is becoming clearer now.. The owners of the Aiichi 
Prefectural Gymnasium had issued an oral request to the Kyokai these 
last few years asking to ban spectator smoking during the basho. It 
appears Sumo is the ONLY sport whose spectators are allowed to smoke at 
this venue. This year, the request turned into a written demand. 
Kitanoumi Rijichou:" If the owner of the establishment demands this, we 
will have to look at it favourably". At least one paper is saying that a 
total ban on smoking will indeed be in effect this coming Nagoya.
Regarding the Kkan, since it is run by the NSK, they have decided to 
"further examine this issue before making a decision". The  owners of 
the hall in Osaka  have been issuing oral requests in recent years as 
well. The Fukuoka guys say they will wait and see what happens, and 
follow the rest.

This may be really difficult to implement, given the local's tendency to 
not give a hoot about smoking laws, I have been told.. During these 
difficult days for Sumo when the NSK is doing all it can to bring people 
back into the stadiums, this could be a shot in their own leg, as it were.
--
Kintamayama Mochiron

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