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And that is because all tournament directors cater to amateurs who live in fantasyland and / or almost no tournament director knows the celluloid option offered by rule 2.3.3 as stated above.
Players & tournament directors need to think outside the box and understand that IOC(ITTF) is NOT the sole supreme authority on tabletennis as almost everyone seems to be under the totally mistaken assumption. Anyone can run any tournament in almost any country outside the control of ITTF or its national affiliates. (In this case case actually even the ITTF allows the cellulid ball) . But as long as everyone wants to pretend & fantasize like they are pro tabletennis athletes, ITTF will continue to make rules designed ONLY for small number of professionall players in a mostly particpant oriented sport like tabletennis.
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