[sumo] Re: (sumo) Yaocho Story

[Nashinokawa]

I remember all the discussions about 7-7 vs 8-6 last day bouts and the fact 
that the 7-7 won more than would be statistically expected.  I suspect that 
the majority of "yacho" if it occurs at all may be due to rikishi "helping" 
each other out to not fall to juryo if they are borderline at the end of a 
tournament.... This seems to me much more likely that Asashoryu buying his 
victories

nashikawa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Charlton" <mikekchar at gmail.com>
To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [sumo] Re: (sumo) Yaocho Story


> On 2/7/07, Howard Gilbert <h.gilbert at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>> I wonder why you think it might exist in the lower ranks, where nobody
>> competes for money, and they receive a pittance anyway. Logic suggests 
>> that
>> it happens far higher up (if at all) where the matches have greater
>> financial consequences.
>
> I think I'd differ on that opinion.  There's a huge financial incentive to
> make juryo as quickly as possible (some money versus none ;-) ).
>
>      MikeC
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