fairness of Quiddich (WAS: Is the anything that bothers you about HP ...)

[karmakaze_kk]

No: HPFGUIDX 56634

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ingachristsuperstar"  wrote:
[snip]
| Now before I get hit with the "life's not fair line," I of course 
| recognized in my original post that the skill of the Quiddich 
| player is important.  There is no doubt about this.  It is _very
| important_!  Yes, the Weasley twins on their old slow brooms 
| still managed to beat the Slytherins on the Nimbus 2001's.  So 
| yes, a skilled flyer can compensate for having a sub-par broom.
|  Absolutely.
[snip]

and Ing continues:
| My point is not that Quiddich is _inherently_ unfair.  Its just 
| that it may be _more_ fair if they played on standard issue 
| brooms rather than allowing some to be inherently faster than 
| others.

That is a valid point.  Differences in equipment can make a 
difference in any competitive event.

I'm not convinced though, that that's so unusual.  This is not
professional sports (where everyone has top of the line equipment 
as a matter of endorsements).  It's intramural.  If I wanted to 
play field hockey and donated brand new hockey sticks and shin 
guards to my high school team (let's all pretend that my high 
school years are not long past), that team would not be banned 
from using the better equipment in tournaments, even if the 
other team had old equipment.  

When I tried out for the state orchestra, I had the advantage over
poorer applicants that I owned my own high quality instrument rather
than using the school instrument available, and I'd had a private
tutor.  When I went in to try out, though, they didn't provide a top
of the line instrument to other applicants, and I didn't have to 
take a generic instrument from the rack.  That was just the way 
things were.

Malfoy had the advantage of having been tutored in broom flight 
before even attending Hogwarts.  Technically, that's not fair
either.

-Kk (karmakaze)