Sports and Cheating

[Danger Mouse]

No: HPFGUIDX 50741

I'm watching the superbowl with my family right now (actually it's a commercial break) and I was thinking about magical cheating and it's use in sports. Dumbledore is able to slow Harry's fall to the ground in PoA, and, in CoS, the rogue bludger is destroyed by Finite Incantatem. In SS, Quirrel jinxes Harry's broom... In Quidditch games, at least at Hogwarts, it is clear that there are no charms that prevent the use of magic (other than brooms). What about at official league games? Sound amplification charms work, but curses? I'm curious if anyone's ever tried to curse someone off their brooms there... It leads to interesting thoughts.

Think about the Raiders--their fans have rioted and pillaged and done Bad Things occassionally. Fully trained and armed wizards could do a lot of damage. This was somewhat explored in GoF, with the Death Eater Fiasco, of course.

And back to the subject of cheating. What prevents wizards from making bets on a certain muggle sport, then magically sabotaging the game? Slowing down or accelerating a competitor, or casting banishing charms on a flying football... a creative wizard could get a lot of money this way. It's just a matter of not getting caught...

-DM

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