RE: Yaocho (defined for Goldie)

["RJ Friedman" <rjf@comasia.com>]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 05:36:45 +0900, Joshua A. Reyer wrote:


>I still love the way Kintamayama put it in a recent post:
>
>"You got your KK, now give me mine, for next Basho who knows what will
>transpire.."

Interesting that in all the discussions I've seen of Yaocho, no one
has mentioned one of the most obvious reasons for match fixing -
which has nothing to do with a consideration of what the rikishi's
ultimate banzuki ranking will or won't be after the match. I.e.,
underworld gambling money. And won/loss isn't the only thing that
gets gambled on, either. Winning technique and length of time for the
bout are two others, for example.