Why so few Quidditich Matches?

[Emeline]

No: HPFGUIDX 72979

"michaelkgidlow" Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> > Why are there so few Quidditch matches? Over the course of a 
> school 
> > year, each team only plays about 3 matches. Where I come from 
> > (Kansas), a sports team would have a match at least every 
weekend, 
> > and they often have two or three matches a week. I was thinking 
> that 
> > maybe its just a British thing, but I don't know. Any insight 
> would 
> > be appreciated. 

FM wrote: 
> 
> I was wondering that also and my reasoning was that it may reflect 
> how often professional Quidditch teams play. I think I remember 
> reading in Quidditch Through the Ages, teams don't play that ofter 
> due to finding places away from Muggles to play. I know Hogwarts 
> shouldn't have that problem, but as far as I know prep teams always 
> play fewer matches than pro.


Yeah I'm also surprised by that. I love football (soccer) and 
Quidditch is like football to Wizards. Why don't they have at least 
a "home" and an "away" game ? Well they'd took place in Hogwarts 
anyway but that just seems right.
Emeline