There will be people that push the 92 db as they may see it as an advantage, there will be some people that push the dimension on the strut of a scale as they see it as advantage, there will some people that push the size limit on motors as they see it as an advatage. there is no differnce in pushing any of these rules except one is not able to be repeadetly measured accurately with the guidlines in our rule book.
There will always be people who try to push (exceed) limits that are enacted in rules. RC boating (and flying) has had noise problems for years. Some people have dug their heels in for years and REFUSED to do anything to quiet their equipment. I still see people racing big engines with UNMUFFLED tuned pipes! Others cling to as much noise as they can hoping for that "advantage" you talk about. Just how much more foot dragging should we allow before we move forward?
The message that has been given several times is that people who push the limits wrt noise are at risk of exceeding those limits, with a resulting DQ. The rules we have may not be perfect, but they're a BIG step forward. This situation has been brewing for years. According to the numbers Brian posted, less than .5% of the boats were DQ'd. If the measuring methodology needs to be tightened up a bit, great, but it appears the rule is actually working well. Let's NOT take a step backward while we're figuring out how to do this a bit better.