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Re: [sumo] Akebono is a disgrace to sumo

To: Bill Blank <wcb@BostonDynamics.com>
Subject: Re: [sumo] Akebono is a disgrace to sumo
From: Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@webtrek.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Bill Blank wrote:

> Yokozunas are lifetime ambassadors of their sport.  The sad part is that
> I think Akebono always believed in the dignity and respect of being
> yokozuna.  I can only guess that wrong financial decisions have led him
> down the path where he is making decisions between selling off the
> dignity of the sport that made him who he is, or not paying the bills.

	I get the feeling that he wasn't exactly embraced by TPTB in Sumo
even after serving as one of the best examples of a Yokozuna in $DEITY
knows how long.  This, coupled with the financial issues you alluded to,
would probably be enough for someone to become embittered and turn their
back on Sumo.

	Now, this is all based on my gut feelings without knowing anything 
about Sumo that I haven't learned from this list.  IOW, take it with a 
brick of salt.

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