Goldfish catching superstar netted in cheating scandal

Mainichi Shimbun ^ | 08/29/2003

[dighton]

Courtesy of Yamatokoriyama

[Ditter]

I though this was from The Onion but it must be for real.

[4mycountry]

This deserves a Just ____ ping, just for being...so bizarre.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Well that does it. Now I'm disgusted with all the major pro sports: basketball, football, baseball and...goldfish dipping.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Damn. This is a huge blow to the sport.

[battlegearboat]

I'm shocked and saddened and deeply shaken!

[ErnBatavia]

Time to get rid of the evidence...

[battlegearboat]

I'm with you Ern, whatever became of our protege Matt?

[dighton]

Spotlight on Sports.

[Constitution Day]

This fishy tactic will shake goldfish catching to its very depths!

[Sloth]

federation Chairman Kiyoshi Ueda said. “We want to try and make the competition as fair as possible so that we don’t destroy children’s dreams.”

Aaaaaaaiiiiiirrrrghhhhhh! My dreams are destroyed!

BTW, did anybody else notice this article NEVER gives this superstar's name?

[Incorrigible]

Only in Japan!

[dighton]

BTW, did anybody else notice this article NEVER gives this superstar's name?

Good catch.

[jriemer]

[Sloth]

All your Saitama superstar goldfish catcher are belong to us.

[presidio9]

I did. What gives? I was all ready to post a "Say it ain't so Kenji" (or whatever). Looks like my dreams are destroyed as well. This is one of those sad stories that just keeps on hurting people I guess.

[ErnBatavia]

I'm with you Ern, whatever became of our protege Matt?

I dunno - I just hope he didn't find some agent that worked out of DU.

[chance33_98]

I see a deal with nike in the works....

[MozarkDawg]

Spotlight on Sports.

The 53-year-old Saitama Prefecture man who has dominated the sport since it was first organized nationally almost a decade ago was stripped of the team title he won and banned from goldfish dipper competitions for life after he admitted to using a net dipper he had secreted away instead of the officially sanctioned rice paper type.

The thrill of victory, the agony of *no feet* ...

[skinkinthegrass]

I guess that's one way to catch lunch...sushi w/ginger...Hmmmm.