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This is an area where the middle ground has been the optimum balancing point for the tradeoffs since the mid-80s. Flex and weight standards have been there since the mid-80s. Overweight and less flexible discs have regularly been made since then to the best of our knowledge. Players haven't made more than a handful of calls since the mid-80s. TDs haven't tested the discs.
While the microscope may be focused on this cockeyed balancing act right now with Gateway and Prodigy compliance, players are still not calling out other players and TDs are not testing. I would expect the PDGA to act only if that starts becoming a cumbersome issue at events, but not just because people are complaining.
While I usually stand up and cheer in Chuck's corner, I'm not agreeing on this one.
Either enforce the rule or eliminate it.
If this rule is commonly ignored, and nobody cares, and it isn' needed, then get rid of it.
Don't retain a rule or standard that everyone hopes will just be ignored.