[HPforGrownups] (unknown)

[Starling]

No: HPFGUIDX 18642

***>     "Penalty! Penalty to Gryffindor! I've never seen such
> tactics." Madam Hooch screeched, shooting up to where Malfoy was
> sliding back onto his Nimbus Two Thousand and One.
<snip>
>     Alicia took Gryffindor's penalty, but she was so angry she missed
> by several feet. 

I took this to mean that Gryffindor gets a penalty shot. I'd rework the
quote by Hooch to read, "Penalty shot! Penalty shot to Gryffindor! I've
never seen such tactics!" A penalty shot happens when team A breaks a
rule in a game so that team B gets to try and take a shot at their
goal. ****

I'll second that.
I used to play soccer back when I still did the athletic thing (long ago, in the timeline of a college student <g>) and "Penalty" refers to the shot granted to the team that was the victim of a foul.  The fouled team gets an open shot on the goal, and the team that committed the foul is not allowed to interfere, only the keeper gets to try to block the shot.  As this grants the fouled team a wonderful opportunity to bash a goal in (it's very hard to try to stop a penalty shot, you have only a split second to try to block the ball, which is why so many people start muttering when world cup finals come down to shots -- it's basically the accuracy of the kicking that will determine the game!)  So the shot is a penalty to the team that committed the foul.
As Amber said, it's technically a "penalty shot" but who wants to be bothered with the last word when just plain "penalty" sounds like so much more fun? <g>

Abbie, who still likes soccer and thinks bludgers are just the wizarding world's equivalent of the nasty fullback who once ran her over like a mack truck.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amber 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, 12 May, 2001 4:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] (unknown)



  --- Doreen Rich <nera at rconnect.com> wrote:
  > I am not a sports fan, by any means. I read this part of GF and I am 
  > totally confused.
  > 
  > Shouldn't Slytherin get the penalty? Isn't Malfoy the one who 
  > committed the foul? It is a foul to grab another player's broomstick.
  >
  > Here is the quote from GF:
  <snip>
  >     "Penalty! Penalty to Gryffindor! I've never seen such
  > tactics." Madam Hooch screeched, shooting up to where Malfoy was
  > sliding back onto his Nimbus Two Thousand and One.
  <snip>
  >     Alicia took Gryffindor's penalty, but she was so angry she missed
  > by several feet. 

  I took this to mean that Gryffindor gets a penalty shot. I'd rework the
  quote by Hooch to read, "Penalty shot! Penalty shot to Gryffindor! I've
  never seen such tactics!" A penalty shot happens when team A breaks a
  rule in a game so that team B gets to try and take a shot at their
  goal.

  Of course, I could be wrong. Anyone care to correct me? I'm not much of
  a sports watcher either.

  ~Amber


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