Those rules have been on the books for many years. When you shoot tournaments, it's up to you to know the rules and use equipment that's legal for the class you want to shoot.

I've had to file off 1/8" from the end of my stabilizer to be legal before. I've had to paint the sight window and belly side of my riser one solid color to be legal to shoot in competitive bowhunter class. (They just recently changed the rule to allow camo risers in that class.) Once, to be legal in traditional class, I had to paint the belly side of the riser on a recurve because it had constrasting lines that could be used for elevation references.

Try being a tournament director and having to put up with guys telling you to stuff it because you have to enforce the rules they disagree with. It's better to enforce the rules before the tourney starts than it is to wade through a half dozen pissing matches on equipment protests afterwards. I've been on both sides and, believe me, you're on the easy side of it.

By the way, the limited bowhunters class is for fingers shooters. Release shooters are unlimited.