[sumo] [spoilers]Takanohana and steroid abuse

[artist at aloha.net]

On 12/10/07 3:04 PM, "Charles Beauchamp" <beauking1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A bad call by an honest official demonstrating human
> error is in no way a much bigger issue today or 40
> years ago then the intentional abuse of dangerous
> (whether legal or not) drugs by the presumed standard
> bearer of the sport.


You misunderstand my meaning.... The big, no, the HUGE issue was that a
great Yokozuna who had managed an incredibly long and powerful winning
streak, was brought down by  someone else¹s error. Everyone in  Japan was
paying attention to this extraordinary on-going performance- even the non-
fans.... And suddenly, it was destroyed. But the Kyokai would not go back.
Would you then say that they were steadfast because Taiho was only half
Japanese? ( This never occurred to me, and I don't think so).
Lynn



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> --- artist at aloha.net wrote:
> 
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>> On 12/10/07 11:59 AM, "Scott M. Kahn"
>> <smk1 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Fast forward to the Asashoryu debaucle.  The
>> Kyokai goes all out
>>> against him, while having condoned Takanohana for
>> missing many more
>>> Jungyo.  This is in spite of Asashoryu handling
>> his responsibilities
>>> at prior Jungyo, after going out of his way to
>> present himself in a
>>> Yokozuna-like manner, from all reports.
>> 
>> 
>> It should be remembered that there is NO LAW in
>> Japan against using such
>> drugs, in sumo or anywhere else, as far as I know.
>> Taka  always lived up to
>> all the unwritten Japanese rules of  behavior and
>> honor, so there was no
>> reason to chastise him.
>> 
>>  I say that if Asashoryu's actions warranted such an
>>> overblown reaction from the Kyokai, that
>> Takanohana's actions
>>> warrant a full investigation into steroid abuse.
>> If it is found
>>> that he did abuse steroids, either willingly or
>> through awful
>>> advice, then he relinquish his current position,
>> or be suspended
>>> for a time that is equivalent to Asashoryu's
>> punishment multiplied
>>> by the number of Jungyo that Takanohana missed.
>> 
>> 
>> Never happen. For one thing it is way after the
>> fact. When Taiho¹s winning
>> streak was mistakenly halted by the bad call of the
>> gyoji years ago, a MUCH
>> more important problem,  even tho  every newspaper
>> in Japan had the photo
>> showing the truth  the very next day, showing that
>> Toda actually lost, the
>> kyokai would not reverse the decision.  Just as an
>> example. They don't go
>> back. 
>> 
>> Lynn Matsuoka
>> The SUMO artist
>> www.traditions.jp
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