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According to Adham's recommendation I can announce that I successfully wrote messages to both German national TV stations expressing my critisicm about the poor presence of tt in TV.
I doubt that I'll get an answer, but if so, I will report here.

Furthermore I am astonished about the harsh way people are discussing here about topics like long pimples that I think are not so important. Somebody who is using other rubbers than the usual one with pimples inside will easily find an alternative despite the new rules about the friction levels.
I am glad that Adham hasn't left this threat because of the rude tone.

Regarding tt in the media I am astonished that despite having a German star like Timo Boll, who is voted the 2nd popular sportsman in Germany, the bad presence of tt still goes on. It appears to me that the people who work on that here in Germany are not doing a good job. Whose the responsible person for that? The general secretary? Is there a special media lobbiest at ITTF?

Why doesn't tt reach the status of a fancy sport? I am thinking of the fact that currently nearly every competition in boring biathlon and ski jumping is broadcasted although there are probably not more than a few dozens of people who are actively practising these sports. The reason for this is that a few years ago there were 2 famous young ski jumpers who were presented as teenage superstars. All in all it was a media hype and nothing else. Nobody was interested in ski jumping so much before their successfull years and after that.

A cool thing that I saw at last years' Austrian Open:
they had a VIP area right next to the main table serving champagne for the guests with Timo Boll playing regular matches just a few meters from them. Maybe that's the solution!

Any comments?

Till