[sumo] [Long] Asashoryu Yaocho Article from Shukan Gendai - Part 2

[Kuramarujo]

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Joe Kuroda wrote:

> The Weekly Shukan Gendai magazine - February 10, 2007
> "The Black Yokozuna Asashoryu's Money Swarming Ozumo Yaocho Connection"
> By Yorimasa Takeda, non-fiction writer
>
> Even Ozumo's fastest 20th yusho record at the Hatsu
> basho, the 12 out of 14 wins were Dubious Sumo
>
> - Reacting sharply to this magazine's article

 	Ok, I'm sure people are tired of this topic, and tired of me 
being this new-to-the-scene upstart always blowing loud, but this article 
really burns me up.  They did a great job of taking little things and 
twisting them around, keeping just enough truth so that it seems like 
they're breaking some serious story.  It's the same thing that political 
organizations do.

 	But the article is so blatantly slanted it screams "the Mongolians 
and other Gaijin have corrupted Sumo."  They include interviews with Kaio 
and Zuma where both deny the allegations then say they are guilty because 
they deny it.

 	They also use the Kensho and Kosho issues to fire up lost of 
smoke.  Both of them are likely having an impact on Sumo (what's wrong 
with a limited Kosho?  One or two bashos then you're 0-0-15) but they are 
drawing connections from them to Yaocho with nothing in the middle to 
support it.

 	Bah!  It's likely I don't know what the frell I'm talking about 
(damned insomnia make things a tad fuzzy) anyway.

K-jo the cranky (and sleepy)

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