Make Harry Potter an Athlete?...Rig The Rules of the Game.

I've never read the books, but the movie is on tonight, and I saw something I had to comment on.  Quidditch has to be the stupidest game ever designed.

Oh it looks great on screen....but let me get this straight.  While the teams are playing an actual game, that seems quite brutal and intresting...all that effort and teamwork can be wiped out in a second by one kid floating off to the side above the fray if they catch the little gold thing?

Sorry your in the hospital with the injury bud, we were winning 100-0, but then the other team caught the golden ball...so we lost.

(Quidditch Affirmative Action)

This would be like the Super Bowl being decided not by the two teams on the field, but two kickers...taking turns trying to make a 70 yard field goal in an empty stadium next door.  First one to make it wins for their team.  If you translated this to basketball, the Washington Generals could get waxed on the court every game...as long as they had a fat dude that could make a 3/4 court shot before regulation time ran out.

Quidditch...the anti thesis of a team sport.