basho cash

[osumo3@native.usc.edu (Olaf Meeuwissen)]

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|> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 93 13:58:57 EDT
|> From: Steve E. Kissel <sek@space.mit.edu>
|> Subject: basho cash
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|> The winner of each match is often presented pay envelopes which
|> come from sponsors.  The envelopes have 30000 yen, and the
|> tournament winner might wind up with 75 or more. Also, any
|> maegashira who beats the Yokozuna gets a payment (how much?).
|> On the other hand, a "false start" results in a fine. 
|> 
|> These sorts of comparisons are difficult and I am reluctant 
|> to believe anything I read about athlete's salaries, but I did
|> find the following amusing article which gave rates of pay
|> on a per hour basis for various people:
|> 
|> Magic Johnson    67530000 yen/hr
|> Akebono          341300   yen/hr
|> Bill Clinton     4938     yen/hr
|> 
|> 
|> The Akebono numbers were arrived at by summing some known and
|> assumed payments such as 107 hon (sponsor payments) from the
|> March tournamnet.
|> My understanding of the article is that Akebono only "worked"
|> 293 hours per year, and based on 3 minutes per match, only a
|> bit over 4 hours in tournament competition.  A very unsatisfactory
|> analysis, indeed.  However, for comparison, the average pro baseball
|> player was rated at 813000 yen/hr.
|> 
|> I heard an interesting story about fan clubs that pay the rikishi's
|> salary, and that you need to get into the fan club early, before
|> the rikishi becomes well known.   
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