Re: [sumo] Takanohana vs Akinoshima (aka Sendagawa oyakata)

[Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]

Joe Kuroda wrote:
> Apparently Takanohana oyakata has not agreed to sign
> the transfer paper from Fujishima to Sendagawa change
> for Akinoshima so he would have to sign it as well as
> the transfer to Hanakago Beya to make it official for
> the Kyokai.

Moti wrote:
> I may be wrong about this, but I think I read earlier in the week that 
> Futagoyama Oyakata signed the Fujishima-Sendagawa transfer papers. The 
> transfer to Hanakago is being delayed at the moment.
> I'm not 100% sure, but around 80%..

Why is Takanohana being so obstructive, or at least tardy, in doing
this?  If relations are so bad, you'd think he'd want to expedite
Akinoshima (aka whatever his oyakata 'handle' is this week) out of his
heya ASAP, neh?  Or are there more 'subtle' issues of face/working out
of passive-aggressive issues/wanting to *really* screw Aki up, here?

Cheers,
Alex.
[EndPost by Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]