Sportsmanship in Harry Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 151687

So I was poking about the online fandom and ran across this article by 
Mariana Hyde:
http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1762184,00.html

And it was amusing and missed the point a bit (the columnist is not a 
quidditch fan to say the least <g>) but then I read a section on the 
bad sportsmanship displayed in the Triwizard Tournament, and it pulled 
me up a bit short.  (It's longish, and clipping quotes always seems to 
send Yahoo into a melt down when I do it, so I'm not going to quote it 
here.)

Basically, Harry should not have received the extra points he did in 
the underwater event.  Harry chose to not do the race as per the rules 
(he chose to stay and make sure everyone got out safe) but was still 
shoved into a second place he'd failed to earn.  Harry didn't come in 
second, he came in third.  (Or maybe tied for fourth with Fluer?)  And 
only by breaking the stated rules of the game was it possible for the 
judges to give him the second place (first if not for Karkaroff).

In the article Hyde points out, "[t]he whole point about being 
sportsmanlike is that you don't get any prizes for it.  It is a reward 
in itself, and usually involves forfeiting something you'd have held 
on to if you hadn't bothered." 

Does Harry getting a big point bonus for being noble actually taint 
his nobility a bit?  Do these books ever give us an example of good 
sportsmanship?

Betsy Hp