[adham]

Zitat von Nullinger

What makes you guess that high number?
Counterexample in my club: we have about 50 players and I would say the vast majority has no trouble playing against players with long or short pimples.

Personally, I can't play well against players with a lot of speed and topspin. I think, high-friction rubbers and fast blades should be banned.

I did not understand the background of the minimum friction rule at first but for the reason of being able to check for cheaters with treated equipment it makes sense. Banning all pimples is either a sarcastic joke or nonsense.

@adham: I do not see that many people quit playing due to the minimum friction rule. I heard about one player who actually quit, but he continued playing again after about half a year. I know many players who played low-friction long pimples and found acceptable new equipment. But Germany is a country of moaners and complainers...

Thank you, I understand all of your points and agree with them all. Of course it is not possible to ban ALL pimples. The low friction level applied to long pimples unfortunately eliminated a part of our game, but so did the 4mm thickness level when it was introduced many tears ago.

Zitat von Nullinger

I am completely undecided, but maybe it would be a good approach, if the professional players - at least the top 100 in the world ranking - would play tournaments only. Then they would play more tournaments and tournaments would be more attractive due to a higher level of play. But this in turn only works if the players could live off the prize money and sponsoring without the money from their clubs. It's an idea without a solution how to implement it.

The reason the top players do not play only in Pro Tour events is because they cannot earn enough prize money. We are working very hard to change that.