http://www.salon.com/entertainment/..._world_of_quidditch_harry_potter_fans_collide. XFL-style hits, broken noses, concussions.

(Salon.com link, so you probably have to click through some shit to get there).

 

The only way I'd watch this as a sport, is if they were literally full out brawling and smashing each other with brooms.

No protective gear allowed.

 

Hardcore football for nerds? Fuck ya. I can't wait to play quidditch in college.

 

I'd rather watch lacrosse without padding.

 

Were I still in college, I would probably give this a shot.

 

I'd play (sans broom. Because seriously.)

 

I have actually seriously discussed starting a society for this with a friend, but the Union won't go for it, so we never got beyond discussing it.

 

Just sent an email to my college quidditch team about tryouts and such...I am more excited than I think is reasonable

 

That!...is gorram awesome. Seriously. Sadly, I've never even heard of it before, so there probably isn't a local team .


Because really, who doesn't secretly want to run around in front of a huge crowd with a long thick shaft sticking out from between your legs alongside a group of other like minded people?

 

I remember when the first one started. I thought for sure it would die out after a year at most.

I think I will send this to my University's Harry Potter Alliance Chapter (because apparently there is such a thing.)

 

They're doing it wrong. It should be the Order of the Phoenix Chapter.