Quoted from Blakesell:

We stop where the IFPA says it's time to stop on it. Now if you really want to talk about a slippery slope...
Roger Sharpe
Director – IFPA Founder
Roger Sharpe's contributions and impact on the coin-operated amusement game industry have been evident for over 30 years. From his acclaimed book on pinball machines, testifying in New York City to help legalize the games and for 15 years, the Director of Marketing and Licensing for Williams Bally/Midway. He has also spent time designing games, and contributing to many of the coin-op industry trade magazines.
Josh Sharpe
President
Josh Sharpe's contributions to competitive pinball started with the creation of the Illini Pinball Association in 1998 on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. From there Josh created the PinBrawl World Team Pinball Championships, held at Pinball Expo in Chicago for several years and now held at the Michigan Pinball Expo. In the Spring of 2006, with the help of many players and enthusiasts, Josh created the World Pinball Player Rankings and resurrected the defunct International Flipper Pinball Association.
Zach Sharpe
Vice President
Zach Sharpe took over the Illini Pinball Association in 2002, and has overseen its continuance even after he has left the campus. Since 1999, Zach has been the lead contributing writer for Play Meter Magazine's column, Critic's Corner Too! He has been an integral part in the continuing promotion of competitive pinball to the player community.
I'm not saying they're playing the odds and bending the rules to suit them, they are legitimately amazing players. But this is facts of the IFPA.

Quoted from Blakesell:

So then so I can understand more fully, they don't have the same fundamental pinball rules in the case of malfunctions? Is A class and Classics not sanctioned by the IFPA? According to the points they are.
It's really a different can of worms, I thought it was where sixsixtie was trying to go with the OP, and I was saying that wasn't the case, but it was something to note when rule leanings come into play.
If it were him or me playing that same game of T2 on B or C class, I wouldn't imply they have anything to do with each other.
In my mind it was a fair judgement call by PAPA in any case. These are phenomonal players outside of any affiliations with any other associations.