Hello,

I am asking for your help in submitting some proposals to the 2024 AGM.

ITTF only allows National Affiliates or committees to submit proposals to the AGM & ITTF Council.

The deadline for proposal submissions for AGM 2024 is Thursday 26th October 2023

An anonymous LLC is offering a reward of upto $10000 for your National Association for doing the right thing.

$1000 will be awarded to the first National Affiliate or committee of ITTF for just submitting ALL the proposals below to AGM or Council. (All proposals must be submitted not just one or a few).

Some are regulation change proposals submitted to the ITTF Council.

Some are rule change proposals submitted to ITTF AGM...

The payout schedule is listed below above each proposal .

Rule change proposals to ITTF AGM

Proposal 01 to the ITTF AGM :- $5000 Reward if passes , to the ITTF affiliate that submitted the proposal FIRST .

Proposal 01 :- For spinny inverted & anti rubbers only, reduce the maximum allowed sponge thickness from 2.2 mm to 1.7 (Maximum allowed rubber thickness will be limited to 3.5 mm)..

Rationale :- ITTF passed Rule 2.4.7 only to fool the IOC but it will never regulate spoosting and spin gluing until a major lawsuit bankrupts the IOC for health violation. So for now, to lengthen the rallies by reducing third ball attacks to promote spectator involvement, it is proposed that ITTF reduce the maximum allowed sponge thickness to 1.7 mm (Maximum allowed rubber thickness will be limited to 3.5 mm) . The total rubber thickness for short pips (Referred to as Out in ITTF LARC) will remain at 4.0 mm.

Proposal 02 to the ITTF AGM :- $5000 Reward if passes , to the ITTF affiliate that submitted the proposal FIRST

Proposal 02 :- For long pips rubbers increase total allowed pip length from 2.0 mm to 2.5 mm & correspondingly increase total rubber thickness from current 4.0 mm to 4.5 mm

Rationale :- ITTF has passed 9 rules & regulations since 1983 to exterminate choppers on the male side. To correct this atrocity & restore the backspin lost by choppers to create a somewhat level playing field

Proposal 03 to the ITTF AGM :- $5000 Reward if passes , to the ITTF affiliate that submitted the proposal FIRST (only if regulation change proposal 03 to ITTF Council also passes)

Proposal 03 :- Use 3 different rulesets for youth, all age & master’s events (masters was known as veterans before)

Only spinny inverted rubbers allowed for age under 14 international events & for age under 18 for smaller events (Youth can use other rubbers if playing in all age events however)
Repeal the 2008 Frictionless Pips Ban for just masters’ events
All aga events will allow youth to use any rubber as allowed for all age group . 2008 frictionless pips ban still applies to all age events

Rationale :-

To allow youth to develop proper strokes at the basic grass roots level using spinny inverted rubbers.
Masters players support the sport the most & promote their activities by allowing them more participation
Focus on spectator involvement with longer rallies and reduced third ball comedy of errors..

Proposal 04 to the ITTF AGM :- No award for submission or to pass.

Proposal 04 :- No lets for service when the ball touches the net assembly if the serve is otherwise good

Rationale :- There are no lets for edges on serves. Same should apply to net serves. Serve lets for net balls especially results in some cheating especially when there is no umpire ..

Proposal 05 to the ITTF AGM :- No award for submission or to pass..

Proposal 05 :- The net will be made of composite or metallic material & not of current non-clothe material with top of the net designed to minimize net dribbles

Rationale :- Net dribbles are unplayable even at higher levels. A solid net will lengthen rallies if the ball does not dribble over. A solid net also requires no adjustment & can be just dropped over or even can be designed as an integral part of table even if folding table designs (some such tables already exist) ..

Proposal 06 to the ITTF AGM :- No award for submission or to pass.

Proposal 06 :- Optional. The table edges will be designed with a V like shape with table edges recessed inward (but not sharp)

Rationale :- The ball not hitting the surface of the table will drop downward and not outward. It is easy to see only balls bouncing upward or outward are still in play & not the ball that dropped downwards towards the floor

Regulation change proposals to ITTF Council

Proposal 01 to the ITTF Council :- $5000 Reward if passes , to the ITTF affiliate that submitted the proposal FIRST

Proposal 01 :- Increase the maximum allowed Pip Aspect Ratio from 1.1 to 1.5 (for pips rubbers only)

Rationale :- It has been universally established by now that the 1998 Durban Aspect Ratio Reduction Massacre (that reduced aspect ratio from 1.3 to 1.1) was a complete political fraud with zero technical merit that only ended up exterminating the all the top choppers at most levels including ALL the top 10 pro choppers who were using Feint Long Classic (which was banned by this 1998 change).

Huge mistake was also the horribly falose premise that Aspect Ratio is teh only determining factor that determines unpredictability (or "kink" using teh exact wrord used by ITTF) .Because there are 18 or so paramters that determine the behanior of long pips

Given that the 1998 change was a TOTAL political fraud even in the context of the 38 mm ball it has gotten much worse in the 40+ plastic ball ONLY era with the additional 6 changes that came after 1998 that totally or partially contributed to the extermination of male choppers . Even the 1998 change significantly reduced the backspin capability of choppers & 6 changes that followed after 1998 even more severely dropped the backspin capability , while looper continue to enjoy their usual top spin with near zero chemical inspection of rackets (used by loopers) ..

By the way the 1998 change achieved nothing. It was supposedly targeted at microwaving of TSP Curl P1 by a handful of players while 1000s and 1000s of loopers continue to cheat with spoosters & spin glues. The 1998 change only ended up banning Butterfly Feint Long (Classic version) the rubber used by all choppers but more “kinky” rubbers (exact word used by ITTF equipment committee then) rubbers such as Yasaka Phantom 007 continue to be on ITTF LARC today . All top choppers used Feint Long not because it was kinky (Using ITTF word) & can fool the loopers but exactly the opposite. They used Butterfly Feint Long Classic because it was the least kinky meaning the most controllable..

By the way 1998 Durban Aspect Ratio Reduction Massacre is being referred to as a massacre because it effected all the top pro choppers in 1998 in addition to even other lower level choppers.

Here is the list of choppers who were using Feint Long Classic in 1998

Chen Xin Hua ( England )
Li Gun Sang ( North Kore )
Koji Matsushita (Japan)
Hiroshi Shibutani (Japan)
Matthew Syed (England)
BK Arunkumar ( India , USA)
Natanial Tsokas (Greece)
Tomas Nordberg ( Sweden)
Derek May (USA)
Lisa Lomas (England)
Allison Holt (England)
Virginia Sung (USA)
Possibly Adham Sharara (Canada)
Few other top choppers I am sure missed or forgot with apologies

For more advanced technical background on Aspect Ratio Calculations, Please visit the webpage

https://ioctt.com/pb27/viewtopic.php?p=4639

Proposal 02 to the ITTF Council:- $1000 Reward if passes , to the ITTF affiliate that submitted the proposal FIRST

Proposal 02 :- Repeal the 2004 Pip Density Regulation . Set the maximum allowed pip density at 50 pips per sq.cm

Rationale :- 2004 was another fraudulent proposal to limit all pips players , both short pips and long pips. And this all the more limiting to pips players in the 40+ plastic ball only era

Proposal 03 to the ITTF Council:- $5000 Reward if passes , to the ITTF affiliate that submitted the proposal FIRST (only if rule proposal 03 to ITTF AGM also passes)

Proposal 03 :- Repeal the 2008 Frictionless Pips Ban for Master’s events

Rationale :- Masters players are ones who support the sport with active participation. 2008 ban was another politically motivated ban . Must be repealed at least for masters events.

Thank you

MLC