Re: A question of Sumo Protocol

[rlwebb@mail.wsu.edu (Richard Webb)]

At 2:21 PM 2/27/95, Lumbering Ox wrote:
>If one has lost a match and nobody knows it, you could if time permits,
>blow the match more obviously.. give up trying. Chances are, if you did
>lose, you are in trouble... it would not be too hard to make it
>official.. Then keep your mouth shut...     that would be the classy
>thing to do, doing the right thing, and nobody knows about it...
>
>If it could happen anywhere, I figure it would happen in sumo

I disagree.  One must always try their best.  If you know that you did
something that should have cost you the match, you should still work your
hardest for the remainder of the match and then (if you end up winning)
approach the referees to admit the loss.  Especially in sumo where it is
considered bad form to put forth anything less than your best effort, to
fight weakly so as to lose should be unacceptable regardless of the reason.

Richard Webb
rlwebb@mail.wsu.edu

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