Re: Japan Sumo Association Admitted Existence Of Rigged Matches AtA

["Greg Lowndes" <glowndes@gol.com>]

How will they suspend wrestlers for 3 days from a major basho? Or will it
be from training? 

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From: david f meisenzahl <kawika@gol.com>
To: sumo@tosca.gnets.ncsu.edu
Subject: Japan Sumo Association Admitted Existence Of Rigged Matches AtA
Secret Meeting In 1991
Date: 1996”N8ŒŽ26“ú 7:00

Check out this link for the full story -->
http://www.weeklypost.com/960826/960826a.htm#Pachinko

"Sumo master Futagoyama, the former Chairman of the Japan Sumo Association
(JSA), announced a three-day suspension of matches by Sumo wrestlers who
had
'spiritless fights' on September 6, 1991. 'Spiritless fights' mean rigged
matches which The Weekly Post (TWP) has frequently denounced."