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Zitat von Cheftrainer
We have to be more specific with the new rules. Not all were bad.
But the the recent changes (e.g. Tuner/Booster) had a dramatic bad impact on our sport. The ITTF has managed to move our former clean and fair sport to a sport where many professional players are trying to cheat.
This consequence of this very bad decision of the AGM is the topic where I want to read a statement from ADHAM.
I know that there are so many other topics that we could (maybe should) discuss here, but at this point I want to hear if some of the officials could agree with the assessment that the last change was a big mistake.
I think that it is really a good idea to prohibit the use of tuners. But the AGM should have waited till an easy method for a test is available.
The ITTF and especially ADHAM has never committed mistakes in the way they "develope" our sport. But everyone is able to see the fact that we now have some kind of a doping problem in our sport.
The ITTF only states that they want increase the punishments. But such punishments were never necessary in the past. Is that the future now? Is that your vision of our sport in the future?
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No it is not a mistake. On the contrary. Boosters and Tuners were NEVER legal at any time. Yes, the ITTF was late in finding a way to detect them, but that is what we try to correct. If people have no moral fibre and they want to cheat they always will find a way to cheat. Our goal is to try and make the playing field as level as possible. We also think that the manufacturers are slowly developing new sponge and rubbers that will not need to be boosted or tuned, so this is a transition period. Let's wait and discuss this topic again in a year or so.