[sumo] No New Recruits

[Joe Petrow]

I'm sure the zero number is correct for Nagoya basho, which is
traditionally a slow time for new recruits even in the best years.

  - Peterao

On 7/2/07, Philip Sherman <philnorm at webtv.net> wrote:
> Very well.
> Are his 0 numbers correct? I hope not.
> Thanks for the information.
>
> PHIL
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Wohlleben
> Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2007 10:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [sumo] No New Recruits
>
> > The following is from Japan Today
> > (http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/411071):
> > ...
> > The JSA has had recruiting problems since the popularity of sumo began
> > to decline in the late 1990s and the number of applicants has not
> > reached 100 a year the last eight years, while foreign wrestlers have
> > grown in numbers and steadily made their marks.
>
> The writer should have read the Japanese articles he's clearly cribbing from a little more closely; the number of applicants *n Haru basho* hasn't reached 100 in eight years, not the total number for a year. There were 113 recruits just two years ago, and 131 the year before. (108 and 121 if excluding foreigners.)
>
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