The trouble with Quidditch

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 169000

> >>Bart:
> > No, the prize money was based on the 150 points. Don't confuse WW
> > chronology with JKR chronology.
> > <snip>
 
> >>montims:
> OK - I've found my copy of Quidditch Through the Ages, and  it     
> mentions (page 12) Barberus Bragge bringing a caged Snidget to a   
> match in 1269, and saying that he would award 150 Galleons to the   
> player who caught it during the course of the game.
> <snip>
> When the bird was killed, the game was over and the Hunter's team   
> was awarded an extra 150 points, in memory of the 150 Galleons      
> promised by Chief Bragge" (page 14)
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I think what Bart is saying though (and I trust he'll correct me if 
I'm wrong <g>) is that JKR *wrote* "Quidditch Through the Ages" 
*after* she wrote PS/SS.  So in the chronology of JKR, the 150 points 
came about *before* the history of those points.

IOWs, this is a made up game in a made up world and JKR could have 
come up with any point amount she wanted and created a history to 
support it.  So the problem of the 150 points is still JKR's problem, 
not Barberus Bragge's. <g>

*My* issue with quidditch is the lack of any sort of bench.  I mean, 
even if players aren't allowed to trade out *during* a game, why not 
have fully trained substitutes ready to go if something happens pre-
game?  Though really, why no substitutions?  Is that some sort of 
wacky British thing? <bg>  (Oh, and I fully acknowledge this is a 
nitpicky question probably demanding too much realism for what, in 
the end, is I think supposed to be just a wacky wizarding sport.)

Betsy Hp