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ANF<\/a>: Atlanta-based Sumo Championship League (SCL) to begin debuting in October<\/span><\/p>\n So let\u2019s see: Atlanta has an MLB team, NBA team, NFL team, and even an MLS team.\u00a0 Scattered throughout the rest of Georgia are all four levels of minor league baseball affiliates of the Braves.\u00a0 USA Soccer has chosen Fayetteville, Georgia as their headquarters.\u00a0 There\u2019s an affiliated minor league hockey team in Duluth, which is as close as Georgia is going to get to the NHL after two previously failed NHL squads that have left for Canada.\u00a0 The University of Georgia and Georgia Tech athletics are both reputable athletic programs in most major sports, and even Georgia State, Kennesaw State and Georgia Southern are D-I programs.<\/span><\/p>\n Needless to say, there\u2019s no shortage of athletic competition to imbibe in at any point of the year for anyone who wants to watch competitive sport.\u00a0 So perhaps it might not be a bad idea to start considering using dollars in the state of Georgia for maybe anything that isn\u2019t related to athletics, no?<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s that you say?\u00a0 What about sumo wrestling?<\/em>\u00a0 Georgia doesn\u2019t have sumo wrestling?\u00a0 I mean, why wouldn\u2019t Georgia, United States have an association of a sport native to the country of Japan in it?\u00a0 But what\u2019s that?\u00a0 It\u2019s going to have sumo wrestling debuting in Georgia?\u00a0 In October?\u00a0 What say whaaatt??<\/span><\/p>\n And here we are.\u00a0 Some new Sumo Championship League is about to embark, and it was founded by a dude who used to be a bigwig at WCW<\/span> Turner Broadcasting, so it has some sturdy Atlanta ties, and leads to believe that the SCL could be considered Atlanta-based.<\/span><\/p>\n Because there appears to be a belief that there is a thirst for some real life sumo wrestling in North America.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, I respect the sport, and the athletes that make up of it.\u00a0 I don\u2019t see a bunch of fat guys crashing into each other (like in futbol americano), I see athletes who just happen to have large mass, who play a human game of chess of trying to knock down their opponents or maneuver them out of a ring.\u00a0 It takes intelligence, adaptability and actual skill in order to achieve victory, and I have seen some live sumo wrestling in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s just that it just seems like a complete, nobody-asked-for-this kind of endeavor, where the league is supposedly valued at $25M, which means it has received about as much of that in funding, and it begs me to ask the question on how many other things in this world could $25M have better gone towards other than starting up a sumo league?<\/span><\/p>\n I digress though.\u00a0 If the SCL starts running shows in Atlanta, preferably up where I could take my dad to some live events, it seems like something that would be interesting to check out, if the price is right.\u00a0 Now if they start charging $65+ up for a completely unproven commodity from the onset, they\u2019ve got to be diluting themselves, but if they play a smart game and offer up cheap, affordable entertainment until some worth is established, maybe I\u2019ll go check out some actual sumo wrestling.\u00a0 I\u2019m always looking for interesting things to take my dad to go see, and perhaps we can both derive some entertainment out of welcoming some live sumo wrestling to the Metro, after all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANF: Atlanta-based Sumo Championship League (SCL) to begin debuting in October So let\u2019s see: Atlanta has an MLB team, NBA team, NFL team, and even an MLS team.\u00a0 Scattered throughout the rest of Georgia are all four levels of minor league baseball affiliates of the Braves.\u00a0 USA Soccer has chosen Fayetteville, Georgia as their headquarters.\u00a0 … Continue reading Oh, Atlanta 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