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>I don't think they have any need for an age limit ... However, the existence of the rule means that they must have had to reject men before
No, they just got embarrassed when the news razzed them back in the 90s when Tomonohana, who already had a wife and kids, joined sumo at age 27. That's the entire reason the age limit rule exists: someone got mad 30 years ago.