Yes, you are right that competitions are pointless without fairness. However, fairness can be almost impossible in some circumstances.
How can a sprinter on blades be treated fairly when competing against athletes with both their legs? How can anyone judge how fast the blade athlete should be able to run, in order to say the blades are neither an advantage nor disadvantage?
How can the longbow archer's score using a release aid, be measured against what that archer could manage if the draw hand functioned normally?
Doing some testing first.... would entail what testing? That is a genuine question, I just can't think what tests to do.
How can a sprinter on blades be treated fairly when competing against athletes with both their legs? How can anyone judge how fast the blade athlete should be able to run, in order to say the blades are neither an advantage nor disadvantage?
How can the longbow archer's score using a release aid, be measured against what that archer could manage if the draw hand functioned normally?
Doing some testing first.... would entail what testing? That is a genuine question, I just can't think what tests to do.