[sumo] asashoryu and soccer - everyone is a loser

[Dean]

John Racine wrote:

>Let's pretend that I'm an employer who has a high-profile employee working
>for me.  He calls in sick.  Later I see him (EVERYBODY sees him!) having a
>good time with a date at a restaurant.  Of course, I'm going to be pissed
>off and want to throw the book at him.  Especially considering that he has
>many examples of disrespectful behaviour in the past.
> I'd punish him.
>
>John Racine
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fair analogy there John, but as you said he is a very high profile 
employee and one you can ill afford to have suspended doing nothing but 
sitting on his bum for 4 months while still collecting a good chunk of 
his paycheck. No, you want to find another way to punish him, there is 
more than one to skin a cat as they say.
Allow him to compete in the basho, but fine him 100% of his pay; make 
him donate his entire winnings for that basho to charity, that would be 
a better punishment, that would really hurt the "employee" without 
hurting your business, which you will invariably do by sidelining the 
aforementioned star employee. You want to mitigate your company losses 
when giving such a severe punishment. Sadly the NSK are not renowned for 
their astute business acumen.....