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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 4992970" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>It's already happening. Oscar Pistorius is a double amputee that was banned from the 2008 Olympics (briefly) because the IOC didn't know whether his limbs constituted an unfair advantage. They reversed themselves back and forth a couple of times as the two sides of the questions rules lawyered and argued over it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This isn't as hypothetical of an issue as you think just because we are talking about superheroes. There are several real world sporting examples that come to mind. In the 1950's, American table tennis players used advances in paddle technology to develop a finger spun serve that even the best tennis players in the world (including themselves) couldn't return on the volley. The result was that new rules were created that made certain paddle constructions illegal and which made it illegal to hold the ball with your fingers on the serve. However, they didn't cheat and they didn't have to forfiet their victories. In the 1980's, the entire history of the America's Cup is one long series of competitors producing new innovations and breaking unwritten rules until finally some sanity was reintroduced. It was both good and bad for competition, but it wasn't cheating (although some people thought so, and there were some tense moments when teams had to prove that they weren't).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 4992970, member: 4937"] It's already happening. Oscar Pistorius is a double amputee that was banned from the 2008 Olympics (briefly) because the IOC didn't know whether his limbs constituted an unfair advantage. They reversed themselves back and forth a couple of times as the two sides of the questions rules lawyered and argued over it. This isn't as hypothetical of an issue as you think just because we are talking about superheroes. There are several real world sporting examples that come to mind. In the 1950's, American table tennis players used advances in paddle technology to develop a finger spun serve that even the best tennis players in the world (including themselves) couldn't return on the volley. The result was that new rules were created that made certain paddle constructions illegal and which made it illegal to hold the ball with your fingers on the serve. However, they didn't cheat and they didn't have to forfiet their victories. In the 1980's, the entire history of the America's Cup is one long series of competitors producing new innovations and breaking unwritten rules until finally some sanity was reintroduced. It was both good and bad for competition, but it wasn't cheating (although some people thought so, and there were some tense moments when teams had to prove that they weren't). [/QUOTE]
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