Technology has changed substantially since the start of sports. These advances are good in theory, but can lead to unfair advantages for some players. The Olympics has put a ban on specific types of running shoes, full body swimsuits, and tackified football gloves to reduce the risk of this happening.
Depending on the running shoe worn, it can impact the time of the run by 2 to 4 percent. This might not seem like a lot, but to elite runners, it changes the entire game. Full body swimsuits, often made of high technology materials, reduce drag, provide excessive buoyancy, which can lead to record-breaking times. Tackified or sticky football gloves make catching a football a lot easier. These advantages are said to lead to an unequal environment for players, who do not have access to these advancements.
If this continues, many sports will likely have huge changes to the way they are played. Widely known events across the world are becoming more and more different as time goes by.
