[sumo] Re: (sumo) Yaocho Story

[Kuramarujo]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 10:02 +1300, Howard Gilbert wrote:

> Yes, but equally with the level of competitor that high makushita
> rikishi would be competing against, nobody would want to lose and
> jeopardise their own position. Losing/selling any of your 7 bouts has
> potentially greater significance and less reward than a sekitori
> getting another sekitori to buy one of their 15 bouts in a basho. 

	I can easily see a meat-grinder Makushita/Sandanme perennial making the
occasional sale of a win to up-and-comers.  If you know you're never
likely to make the paid ranks it could be financially worth doing.

Just a thought.

Kuramarujo, the thoughtful

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