Juggernaut
<Gets out his soapbox, and steps up onto it>
Whining solves nothing, and it looks bad on you. I should know, as I have been known to do some myself.
I heard something once about fairness, and while I cannot remember the quote exactly, the gist of it was that nothing was as unfair as trying to make unfair things fair.
You CAN NOT make sports, or games, inherently fair. There will ALWAYS be those able to find things or ways they can exploit.
AND THEY WILL ALWAYS WHINE WHEN THAT THING OR WAY IS TAKEN FROM THEM.
I should know. I had that at one point. I had physical abilities that allowed me to get bowling balls to do what most could not. I was exceptional at it, and the low dynamic cores, urethane covers, and short oil patterns played to my strengths.
I DID NOT LIKE IT WHEN THAT WAS CHANGED.
I also didn’t/don’t like reactive resin. I also didn’t/don’t like super dynamic cores, or oil soaking cover stocks. I considered it UNFAIR to give people equipment that allowed them to do what I could do. I thought they should have to learn and practice the same techniques I had, and that they should have to develop the same physical abilities as I had had to learn.
My opinion, however, changed or stopped NOTHING. Yours won’t either.
Why? Because agenda. Someone ALWAYS has one, and it has absolutely nothing to do with fairness.
Ball makers want to sell balls. Anything that might impact them doing so will be touted, in some way, as either stupid, inane, useless, or unfair to them. Left to their own desires, there would soon be far too many choices for people to make any sense of. We are almost, if not already, there.
Ruling bodies are similar. They want to set playing rules they think are relevant, but challenge them on that, and you will be labeled blind, short sighted, and biased to your own viewpoints. Left to their own desires, they would soon choke out everyone except the elite that agree with them.
The true problem is human nature. Until we learn to look past our own interests, we are locked into a frustrating battle of opinions that eventually manages to ruin even the best things.
Long story cut just a bit shorter is, don’t focus so much on how fair, or unfair, the rules are. Rules makers will do just that, make rules. Some will be good and effective, some will be dumb and useless.
Just focus in good faith on doing the best you can, within the legal limits set forth by those in power and know that everyone with integrity, honor, and desire will do the same. Know your limits, and be happy inside them.
<Steps down off his soapbox, tips his hat, and walks away>
