May 5, 2011

Grand Sumo match-fixing problem(After the cancel)

After the decision to discontinue the course of spring sumo tournament
Saturday, February 07 dawned a night where the decision to discontinue in March, the Special Investigation Committee the top division (or lower division) started interviewing all aimed at sumo wrestler. The survey was conducted over six days until 12 February, the new facts is not out match-fixing involvement. An interim report by the special investigating committee of the Board of Directors on February 14 extra, and will continue to lack a survey of 14 e-mail name, admitted involvement to the four disposition was postponed.
On 10 February, the Japan Sumo Association seeking enforcement of the law of the land, "Knowledge of self-restraint encouraged 17 articles," Creating a master wrestler is communicated to their members. Mainly doing, training is done in each room in Tokyo, organized by each room and the tour party, pep rally and refrain from, and incorporate what has become actively doing volunteer work and philanthropic activities .
February 16, the special investigative committee to gather information from a wide range of employee association "information hotline" set up mail from all member associations, fax, letter began by accepting the information. As the deadline for the time being be held March 15.
February 28, although the rankings of the spring sumo tournament and would otherwise stop the [permutation] was distributed to each room's table.
March 9, the first meeting held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan special committee established by the Sumo Association to prevent the recurrence of the problem for match-fixing, New sumo committee determines the official name of the committee.The Committee, or stricter punishment for match-fixing has been proposed to prevent recurrence has put together six items and the introduction of training programs.
April 1, could determine the final determination of who was involved in check, it was announced . Initially it was considered too severe punishment such as dismissal or expulsion disposal, including the recommendation to retire on the grounds that the association had not taken measures so far. For wrestlers have admitted cheating discovered after two years suspension and how the extenuating circumstances, some of the wrestlers who have not accepted the recommendation involved retired at this point, the testimony showed the involvement of other wrestlerssuch as for example determined that there are those who are trying to appeal.
April 5, the deadline for notification to the day he retired, the Sumo Association announced that 19 wrestlers have filed this date, the only opposition to the recommendation boss Tanigawa retirement the same day, a press conference open.06 April next, Sumo Association held a special board of directors, a place where [May] May Determine proficiency examination to be held in a freely available, has to respond to the dismissal recommendation to the master Tanigawa.
The continued investigation of match-fixing after this, April 11 recommendation is punished by two wrestlers retired certified new rig, this is a notice of two wrestlers to retire April 13 as deadline did not submit, and dismissal next Wednesday's special board of directors.
The Board and Council of sumo extraordinary May 4, according to the plan suggested by the Commission to prevent neonatal sumo, to ban imports of cell phones and dressing room attendant for more than lower division wrestlers and preventive measures are summarized. This preventive measures had to be applied starting from 08 locations appraisal skills.
The top division at the Nagoya yesterday, reducing the capacity of each of the two lower division, four people decided to cut the frame of sumo wrestler. Since more than 17 lower division wrestlers were dismissed retire fix the problem, but it will be promoted to lower division where at least 13 people Makushita Nagoya sumo wrestler, a losing record if it rises to the lower division level Makushita post-war situation was unprecedented.

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