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An international federation is just that, and it does have its own democratic process. Any rule, change to the constitution, regulation, etc., is decided by a vote.
In Football the off-side rule was once introduced for a purpose, pass back to the goal-keeper banned, the ball was changed, etc. All sports make changes to improve their game. We may not agree with the change made, and we may have different ideas on what changes should be made, but what is important is to trust those that we have elected to do the best they can. If they don't, we elect others at the next election.
By the way, what change was made when John Hilton won the European Championships in 1980?
Adham
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You're right, the ITTF has some democratic elements, but it is no democracy where minorities have the right to offend decisions of the majority against them. And is it democratic, when China's 1.300.000.000 people have only one vote and Liechtenstein's 30.000 have also one vote in the ITTF?
How many votes were given for the new minimum friction rule, how many against it or is it a secret? I just want to know how many and which representatives have to be re-elected if I want to influence the decision.
It's interesting that you mention the ball change in football. It lead to more unpredictable curves, so that the goalies made more mistakes since then. Maybe we should think about this in table tennis, too (irony).
And the change (I think you know for sure) was the two-color-rule. Since 1985 there had to be two different colors on the forehand and backhand sides of a racket. This was a direct (ok, 5 years, the ITTF was slower then) consequence of Hilton's success (by the way, till 1971 both sides had to be the SAME color).
But I don't want to disturb the discussion any longer with my "unobjective" and "aggressive" opinion if the president doesn't want to talk about it any more (is this democratic, barracuda?).
In fact, I'm very happy about your open ears regarding our problems at the base. That's really an example how other leaders of organizations should be.
I just hope the best for our sports.
With best regards
Martin