Quidditch "potentially lethal?"

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 114712


Casey wrote :
"I don't think Snape is that bad "for the wizarding world". These are
 people that allow their children to play games that are potentially 
lethal."

Kethryn replied :
" The point to all of this is that all children, unless they have
deeply overprotective parents, play what can, in certain
circumstances, be considered lethal sports."

Del comments :
I'm not American, so I'm not familiar with those sports, but from what
I've seen on TV, I have a remark to make.
American football, hockey : don't the players wear helmets and other
kinds of protective pieces of equipment ?
Base ball : the ball is sent to one specific player, and if that
player misses it, a third player catches it, right ? And that player
is heavily protected, if I'm not mistaken.

Quidditch, on the other hand, is played without *any* kind of
protection, not even the most basic kind of helmet, and the bludgers
can be sent to any player on the pitch, even if that player is
intensely focusing on something else (chasing or seeking for example). 

So IMO Quidditch is indeed much more dangerous than any sport Muggle
children might play at school. Moreover, it's the *only* sport wizard
kids can compete in at Hogwarts, so they don't have a choice either.

And finally, I'd like to add that we do know that the WW isn't as
protective of its children as the Muggle world is : casualties were a
common occurence in the previous Tri-Wizard Tournaments, which were
entered by kids from 11 to 17 years of age. This is even the very
reason DD decided on an age limit in GoF.

Del