[Neptune]

Hello Mr. Sharara,

thanks for all your statements.

I have one more big question to you.
You said you believe that 25mn applies to any rubber. Is that true? Also, as I remember right, every rubber/surface is not allowed to change from the authorized example and it must be even on all parts of the surface. How can that be? That would be pure confusion. Every inwarded pimpled rubber changes it's surface by using it. Most rubbers (especially 1. inwarded pimpled rubbers, 2. Antis, 3. short pimples) are slippery fast just by using it. Those rubbers mostly need only a small amount of ball contacts (from some Topspins for example) to change their sufarce, some don't like to much dampness, some are slippery all over or some are slippery on some parts and have grip on other parts of the surface........ That would mean, that any rubber which is used looses very fast the authorization the ITTF has given for them. I guess almost everybody is NOT playing legal material, it doesn't matter which material they choose, on one side of their rackets. So most of the members are using illegal material (in case it is not brandnew and not different from the authorized material). In conclusion tabletennis is mostly illegal by the rules the ITTF made because the players cannot really follow the rules (like always buying new rubbers)???

As you already stated, you as the president cannot change the ban. I understand that, though I'm not informed how everything in your organisation is handled. Most of the people here think you are their first point of contact. That's one of the reasons ( the other reason is, that all started in Germany) they write here and hope you can help them, because the ITTF made the rule/ban. You said that we should wait 1-2 years and see whether the situation changes or not. You also said that the rule can be taken back if the ITTF finds out that they were wrong in their decision. Could you please tell me in detail how such a taken back would be progressed? I guess nobody knows here how things really work.

You said "This is the choice that England made, and probably a good choice".
It's a pity that not all national assoziations think as logical as you and the Englisch assoziation. Regarding frictionless long pimples it would be the best that all national tabletennis assoziations would adopt the new rule just for the top leagues in their countries.

Thanks again.

Neptune