[sumo] Knock some sense into sumo | The Japan Times

[Jeffrey Anderson]

I don’t know, but I’ve brought it to John Gunning’s attention. Hopefully a
column can be dedicated to it.

Gai

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 9:49 PM Carol Tan <caroltan at tandynasty.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jeff.
>
> Makes me wonder whether there’s any documentation/research for this
> writer’s opinion.
>
> Carol
>
> On Mar 28, 2020, at 7:15 PM, Jeffrey Anderson <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> (This is a letter to the editor from a reader)
> Gaijingai
>
>
>
> Sumo bravely continued, holding its recent tournament without the roar of
> the the crowds, but with the sickening sound of head-to-head collisions.
> Please protect these men from serious brain injuries.
> The Japan Sumo Association must adopt a standing tachi-ai (the initial
> charge at the start of a bout).
>
> In other sports, all athletes who risk head injury from collisions are
> either pulled for observation, as in the National Football League in the
> United States, or the potentially damaging move is prohibited, as in
> headers in soccer.
> Sumo is a serious sport. Let’s be sensible before these rikishi are
> knocked senseless.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 5:32 PM Carol Tan <caroltan at tandynasty.com> wrote:
>
>> Alas, I’m locked out of the JapanTimes website for some reason.  Jeff,
>> are you able to do a copy/past for this article?
>>
>> If so, domo arrogate goziamasu!
>>
>> Carol
>>
>> > On Mar 28, 2020, at 3:16 PM, Jeffrey Anderson <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/27/reader-mail/knock-sense-sumo/
>> >
>> > Let the debate begin. Who’ s first?
>> >
>> > Gajungai
>> > Sent from my iPhone
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Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
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