To me, all this sounds like is that you use a sandstorm team and you're defensive over it's legitimacy.
Essentially all your post is, is recycled points about Snover defense in a poorly constructed manner of which have already been dealt with.
Hippo is a reliable enough stealth rock layer to be able to continue to lay stealth rocks throughout the game. On top of this, the high paced offense of sandstorm teams provide little room to actually get a rapid spin off. Most spinners are also physical so walled by Hippo which can re-lay stealth rocks (bar Staryu, of which is spin blocked by Frillish and checked or countered by Lileep.)
Please read the thread again because I've already mentioned that I am aware sand will not get banned.
That is the quote that I was referring to. You yourself admitted that Sand wasn't going to be banned. From that quote I assumed you also meant that you felt that Drilbur is also not broken enough to be banned; after all, Drilbur is its strongest insude Sand, which you've already admitted is not going to get banned.
To sum up this discussion, here are the reasons why I (and most other LC players) feel as if Sand isn't broken.
1. Snover
We've gone over this many times throughout this thread already, but there still seems to be some disagreement and misunderstanding.
A well played Snover can successfully keep any equally well played Sand team at bay. Yes, Sand does have ways to check Snover as well, but it's still extremely tough to counter Snover successfully before it removes your Sand. Steel-types are obliterated by HP Fire, and Fire-types can be worn down by Stealth Rock even more easily than Snover can, as it is unsynergetic for Sand teams to carry spinners (Drilbur needs coverage, Staryu is further Snover smash bait). It's also a lot easier for 5 Snover teammates to counter the three Snover counters found on Sand teams; this is something that I have been emphasizing for a while now. Snover doesn't completely demolish Sand to the point where Sand is unviable, and the well built Sand team may occasionally win against a team with Snover, but such pccasions are rare and far less than what is needed to prove that Snover is not indeed a Sand counter. Also, remember that this is a weather war, not a sweeper war. Sure, you can take out Snover, but if Hippo is already down and Hail is up, it doesn't matter when Snover is countered; Sand has already been lost.
2. Well built Sand is rare, even in the upper ladder.
Now, this may be subject to change, but it is entirely true right now and is a major roadblock for people that want to prove that Sand is broken. Sand teams are built so sloppily these days that teams can even avoid having to use Snover to counter Sand. While this may not necessarily prove that Sand is actually not broken, it is a reason for us to avoid banning it right now. EVEN IF you say that Sand has
the potential to be broken if built well, which seems like a big part of your current argument, you
cannot use that to justify that Sand is broken, because not enough people have built well-built Sand teams yet to make Sand a legitmate, overcentralizing force that is worthy of a ban. If, one day, people begin to utilize teams that DO show the full threatening potential of Sand and it DOES appear to be broken,
we can then return to this discussion. Until then, any further discussion is useless and will not convince anyone.