> I understand Konishiki didn't plan on completing in the entire > tournament- regardless of what may have been said on television prior > to the tournament. He may have had one more match on day-14-- but he > wasn't planning to compete on day-15. > > ---------- > From: Masumi Abe[SMTP:abe@accesscom.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 1997 12:59 PM > To: Sumo ML > Subject: Re: [SUMO] Konishiki > > According to Japanese media, the reason why Konishiki is no longer > active in Kyushu-basho is that he was basically banned by Sakaigawa > Rijicho. The reason is that it is not fair to his opponents of the > rest > of basho to face a rikishi announced his retirement, since his wins or > losses won't be affected to his future. Either winning or losing, > people > may interprete them as a gift one way or the other. > > Konishiki wanted to complete Kyushu-basho but as a respectful member > of > Sumo Kyokai, he decided to follow Sakaigawa Rijicho's > suggestion/guidance. > > -Toshiyori Masumiriki > -- > <abe@accesscom.com> Masumi Abe <abe@sentius.com> > San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley / Palo Alto > URL: http://www.accesscom.com/~abe/ --- under construction > JUSTIN URL: http://www.dosanko.co.jp/spoton/abe/index.html > >
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