Comments on: Sumo wrestler Asashoryu accused of paying-off opponents http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/01/27/sumo-wrestler-asashoryu-accused-of-paying-off-opponents/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/01/27/sumo-wrestler-asashoryu-accused-of-paying-off-opponents/comment-page-1/#comment-9121 James Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:12:00 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1026#comment-9121 Garret: If all the sumo insiders were getting together to rig matches, why would they let a Mongolian come out on the top all the time? It seems to me that they'd be able to get a more viewers if they let some of the Japanese wrestlers win tourneys. Garret:

If all the sumo insiders were getting together to rig matches, why would they let a Mongolian come out on the top all the time? It seems to me that they’d be able to get a more viewers if they let some of the Japanese wrestlers win tourneys.

]]> By: tino http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/01/27/sumo-wrestler-asashoryu-accused-of-paying-off-opponents/comment-page-1/#comment-9025 tino Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:18:45 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1026#comment-9025 Our pantyhose sumo is not the same as this case. Everyone is always serious... Our pantyhose sumo is not the same as this case.
Everyone is always serious…

]]> By: Garrett http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/01/27/sumo-wrestler-asashoryu-accused-of-paying-off-opponents/comment-page-1/#comment-8998 Garrett Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:34:53 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1026#comment-8998 Steven Levitt makes a pretty strong case for the existence of widespread match fixing in sumo in <em>Freakonomics</em>. To greatly paraphrase, rikishi who come into 15th bouts 7-7 win vs. 8-6 opponents 80% of the time, as opposed to the 40% that would be expected. When the same matchups occur at points other than 15th bouts, the slightly weaker (7-7) wrestlers win the expected 40% of the time. Every time someone from the world of sumo makes moves to go public, they wind up dead of sudden illnesses. Steven Levitt makes a pretty strong case for the existence of widespread match fixing in sumo in Freakonomics. To greatly paraphrase, rikishi who come into 15th bouts 7-7 win vs. 8-6 opponents 80% of the time, as opposed to the 40% that would be expected. When the same matchups occur at points other than 15th bouts, the slightly weaker (7-7) wrestlers win the expected 40% of the time. Every time someone from the world of sumo makes moves to go public, they wind up dead of sudden illnesses.

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