Hello Mr. President,
at first, excuse me for my poor english.
Im a german player, who plays on a "low level", but this doesn´t matter at the moment. In my Club, there are some "higher class player", in germany "Oberliga" means the 4th highest class for team leagues.
Some questions and unclearly points, not for me because I was since my youth carrier never again a speed glue user, but for this player in that class they are two problems:
1. EVERYBODY had to change his racket, some only the rubbers, some only the blade, a few had to change the hole racket. But this is not the problem.
The Speed glue is forbitten, because it wasn´t very good for health. OK, no Problem. The Players took the Solution called Boosters or Tuners, which are in fact Names of Phantasie. After a while, ITTF banned the Boosters, not founded in attidude of health oder the Olympic Spirt. The REASON? Tell me, why?
YES, ok, you told the Player, that each rubber should be used as he is approved. Right? A LOT OF Rubbers will not be used, as they were approved, you know this too.
2. The second Problem is very small at the first look, but in the Future it could be very, very big.
End of the Year 1992, Beginning of the Year 1993, ITTF has banned Speed Glue at first time - for a few weeks. The Players Association wasn´t agree.
Now, the ITTF banned all VOC-Glue, Tuner or Boosters.
Some Players has accepted and plays with Rubbers "like approved by the ITTF", but nearly 80% (thats what J. Roßkopf means at the Liebherr European Championship 2008) uses Tuner, Boosters.
What kind of Consequenses for those players are possibel? 2 Tournaments without them? A half Year NO Turnament? Disqualification?
At last, i hope, you stop this permanent changing of rules, balls, etc.
Tables Tennis will NEVER be popular as Football in the TV! No each bigger Ball oder higher Net can do this, that your "dream" become True.
Believe it, or let it be!
With best wishes for you, and for Table Tennis in same.