[HPforGrownups] Re: Is there anything in the HP world that bothers you?

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 56562

--- ingachristsuperstar
<ingachristsuperstar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does it strike anyone else that Quiddich is not
> a particularly fair 
> sport?  It seems like a lot rides (so to speak)
> on how fast one's 
> broom is - on something that is entirely out of
> one's control, has 
> nothing to do with talent, and entirely
> determined by how much 
> money one's family has. 
> 
> <snip analogies>
> 
> Quiddich would definitely involve skill of the
> rider of the broom - 
> there's no doubt about this.  But how can it be
> fair that no matter 
> how skilled Cho is, Harry is on a broom that
> just goes faster 
> than her's does?
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something.
> 
> -Ing

Me:

First, as for some of the analogies, in the
examples given for equestrian events and
horseracing - both the horse and rider are
important.  In the first, you need a horse who
will be able to respond to the rider and do what
the rider needs done and in the second you need a
rider who can bring out the full potential of the
horse.  As for basketball, Larry Bird is arguably
one of the greatest basketball players ever and
yet, if you compared his athletic prowess against
someone like Michael Jordan, you would wonder how
Bird ever played the game of basketball.  I can
guarantee it wasn't Bird's sneakers.  LOL  

As for Quidditch, the Weasley twins don't have
good brooms and yet their ability overcomes that.
 The Slytherins all have the best brooms on the
market when they take on Gryffindor in CoS and
they still lose the game.  I don't remember if
we're ever told what type of broom Krum has in
GoF but he was able to beat the best broom on the
market during the World Cup and get the snitch. 
While Cho didn't have a Firebolt, she was able to
throw Harry some curves during that game and stop
him at one point from getting the snitch -
without cheating like Malfoy does.

While good equipment does give an athlete an
advantage, if the ability isn't there, it doesn't
matter how good your equipment is in most cases. 
This shows up quite well in the game of
Quidditch.

Lynn

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