[sumo] 6 mn video report on Asashoryu

[John Racine]

That's an interesting story, Thierry.

I thought the on-the-street interviews with the people in Tomioka were very
interesting.  When they heard that he had been seen playing soccer, they
called him "rude", they said he "lacked common sense", that he probably had
"faked his injury", and that he lacks "dignity" or "character".

For the first time in 50 years, the jungyou tour is scheduled to stop in
Tomioka.

I don't think the popularity of sumo, as has been suggested, will be too
badly affected if he should retire from all this.  I think as many people
hate him as there are fans.

Anyway, I can't imagine that he would actually retire.

John Racine



 
-----Original Message-----
From: sumo-bounces at webtrek.com [mailto:sumo-bounces at webtrek.com] On Behalf
Of Thierry Perran
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:31 PM
To: Sumo Mailing List
Subject: [sumo] 6 mn video report on Asashoryu

Hi list,

I found an interesting video on youtube dealing with Asahoryu 
suspension. This report (6 minutes long) is in japanese, but if you 
cannot understand japanese, you can at least enjoy the video showing 
Asashoryu playing soccer and scoring a goal. He is not that bad, actually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyyorbDbJCc

This video report may not last long in youtube because of copyright 
issue, so you should save it through a FLV player.

Ciao,
Thierry