[sumo] Asashoryu-Hakuho fun

[Magnus Berg]

Oh, come on people! We're talking about a highly competetive contact 
sport here. Sure, steroids lead to aggressive behavior, but so does 
adrenaline. I'm not saying that steroids aren't involved, I have 
absolutely no idea about that. But in ANY sport, feelings fly high when 
you're into the game. Heck, even chess has its history of tantrums and 
outbreaks. The difference between sumo and say, NHL ice hockey, is that 
showing anger or any emotion is not accepted in sumo. That said, I 
think the yokozuna actually DID control their aggression, even if it 
looked like something would happen for a second. But it didn't, right? 
In hockey, a boxing match would have ensued, in soccer, some serious 
shirt-grabbing and a few yellow cards. I still say it added some spice 
to the day, but I don't want to see it too often... ;-)

Maguroyama

2008-05-27 kl. 02.08 skrev Marc Auslander:

> This has probably been said before - but the asa - haka behavior sure
> looks steroid fueled to me.
>
> But you see it in US professional football - which in theory has drug
> testing.  Athletes who can't control their aggression, even to the
> detriment of their teams and themselves.  So maybe some athletes are
> naturally so testosterone high that they are out of control.
>
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