In reference to :There is no altruistic or noble purpose in the ITSF, it's all money and greed. Just another corporation trying to outgrow and outmarket the others
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What do you mean not make money with foosball? We mean make money with foosball tables!
I was saying that the ITSF is not out to make money, the table manufacturers certainly are, and that is a good thing. However I do understand that it is monopolistic to not allow other manufacturers to make the same thing. It would maybe be ideal if they had a set of rules/guidelines that define what a foosball table is, and any tournament run on any of those tables could be officially recognized. It would then create other problems though, such as a country designing there own table to benefit themselves and not make the table accessible to other countries. I think the way it is being done is best, as long as there is room for change. If all the Federations representing countries that are using tornado currently decided that warrior (or anyone else) was making a better table at some point down the road the ITSF would have to change that table. I would be willing to bet that the ITSF would change from tornado to warrior if that was requested in that manor, however if the ITSF would not accept that change, I would at that point completely take your side. I think as long as the freedom for the 5 official tables to change is kept, I will be happy with that aspect of the ITSF.
By the way I also support the need for diversity in the tables, but I think that it has to be limited. If I made a Foosball table that was 6 feet tall it would be a very diverse table.. you can see where i'm going with that. Diversity is good, but it has to be controlled by someone... as I said before, if someone else will control that, and run tournaments, even in direct opposition to the ITSF, I would support that organization also.