[adham]

Rules: I think that it was both objectives. On the one hand some national associations prefer that the rule they adopt is an ITTF rule. Also, they did not wish the effect to go up to the international level eventually. This is my opinion. Of course any national association can make any rule they want in their own country, I agree with you; but some prefer it to come from the ITTF.

Cheating: yes, I agree with you that it is much better to have a good detection method before you make a rule. But even with a good detection method, it is impossible to implement such detection at ALL levels. Your target of catching at least one-third is a very good one. perhaps the ITTF will try to do even better than that.

General Statement:
I said it many times in many forums and also inside the ITTF, for me personally I wish every player plays any way they like using any equipmnebt they like as long as we do not allow health hazards. But this is just my personal opinion. The majority in the ITTF does not think like me, they prefer strict regulations and controls on the type of equipment allowed. To be honest, in TT we have a lot of variety on equipment so I can accept some limitations as well.