Now that the rant part of my day is over, let me go back to the sumo wrestling charity, since that seems to be the start of it all.
Looking over the web site, things are a bit unclear. For one thing, it says that it is sponsored by Golden Palace, yet the only donors listed is the $1000 that RCG put in themselves. How can Golden Palace be the sponsor if they have not even made a donation to the charity? And if Sporting Bet is receive extra coverage as being the "celebrity" bookmakers, then why haven't they made a donation?
Also, their site is not clear at all on how this is suppose to make money for charity. I was thinking maybe there would be an admission charge to raise money, but there is no mention of anything like that, so I guess not. Too bad. If everyone was wearing sumo diapers, it would be worth paying admission just to get a few candid shots of the industry folk, assuming cameras would be allowed. heh heh heh
Then I thought maybe it was the play betting money. Like, maybe you have to buy that play money to bet with, and then the dollars used for those purchases would be donated to charity. But the web site doesn't say that. It says all attendees receive play money to bet with, but does not make any mention of having to purchase these play dollars.
In fact, there is no mention there at all of how they expect this to earn money for GamCare. So, I guess that's what I'm trying to find out here. I look at that page and see lots of places having their sites plugged, but the ONLY ones I see donating anything are RCG. So, exactly how does this event work to raise money for GamCare?
It's all show anyway, so far as I can see. It's not like any of these people are really 350 pounds and capable of doing damage (and why is Sue fighting a man instead of another lady, or rather, why is Sting fighting a lady instead of another guy?) My suggestion for 2005 is to have boxing, real boxing with no punches pulled. I would get in on that in a second. Kick-boxing is out because I haven't practiced any kicks in a decade and would definitely hurt myself, but think I could still manage to throw a mean punch or two, if I had the right target to focus on (er, Costigan - lol).