[sumo] [Spoiler] Asashoryu

[Doreen Simmons]

Right.

Doreen


On 2008/09/23, at 8:52, Lon Howard wrote:

>
> On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Wayne, Emmett Mr CIV USA USAMC wrote:
>
>> Maybe the monoii would not have changed anything, but don't you think 
>> that as close at the call was, a monoii was in order to insure that 
>> they got it right.  Oh, I forgot.  It isn't about getting it right, 
>> it is about what the Kyokai wants.  Silly Me!
>
> I hope Doreen or someone who knows for sure can chime in on this, but 
> it's been my 'sense' over the years that a tori-naoshi is meant to fix 
> the situation where it can't be determined which of the two rikishi 
> touched first, either down or out, and not as a cure-all for any/all 
> questionable calls.  If this is the case, then a mono-ii would not 
> have been appropriate.
>

> Doreen Simmons
  jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp