[sumo] One day and thankfully very short-lived non-event

[Sumocypher at aol.com]

Nice to see that at least someone in that collection of  sumo association 
idiots has his priorities straight. Just what I've said about  when in 
aloha-land, do as the locals or any tourist would do without getting  suckered by some 
asinine paparazzi. What a shame they didn't get more traction  from this. Now 
what will that lame duck nutcase Uchidake have to  say?
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_http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnT105022.html_ 
(http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnT105022.html) 

Sumo wrestler to escape punishment for latest outburst
Thu 28 Feb 2008, 7:15 GMT
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sumo's enfant terrible Asashoryu looks likely to escape  
punishment for his latest public outburst in which he told photographers to  
"drop dead". 
The incident came after the firebrand Mongolian completed his comeback to the 
 roly-poly sport following a ban for secretly playing football while claiming 
to  be injured. 
Photographers waiting to snap Asashoryu on his return to Japan from Hawaii on 
 Monday got an earful from the trouble-prone grand champion, who snarled: 
"Drop  dead, you idiots." 
But Japan Sumo Association (JSA) officials brushed  off Asashoryu's remarks, 
saying they did not want to hear the wrestler's side of  events.
"We have no plans to call him in," senior JSA official Isenoumi told  
Thursday's Nikkan Sports daily. "He says he didn't say it so he probably  didn't. 
"We do not want to get into an argument of 'he said it...he didn't say it'. I 
 have only read about it in the papers." 
Japanese media were also quick to point out that the 150-kilogram Asashoryu  
had boarded his flight in Honolulu wearing shorts, sandals and a flowery  
Hawaiian shirt in a breach of sumo protocol. 
"That 'Aloha' style is the dress code in Hawaii," said Isenoumi. "He was  
properly dressed in his kimono at Kansai airport (in Osaka) so you shouldn't be  
too picky." 
Asashoryu's ban last August, after being caught playing soccer, triggered a  
bout of clinical depression in the wrestler, who fled to Mongolia to  recover. 
He finally returned from lengthy treatment at a luxury spa resort in  
November, apologising for his actions and promising to mend his ways. 
(Reporting by Alastair Himmer; Editing by Ed  Osmond)




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