It looks like fantasy books are far more influential than I thought. The fun, but extremely dangerous looking, fictional sport Quidditch, from the Harry Potter series, has come to life in the U.S. and Europe, with varsity teams and an official association. The International Quidditch Association (IQA) provides the rules to which the Quidditch teams from Leicester and Keele Universities will abiding as they face off on Saturday, March 10.Since, this is the first time I am hearing of this (yes, I must be so very sheltered) I decided to do some digging and here is what I have found:
- This thing is all over the place!
- It was created by Xander Manshel and his buddy Alex Benepe at Middlebury College, in Vermont
- You can do Summer Internships with the International Quidditch Association
- There are over 100 official teams, many of them Quite active university teams
- There are tons of game coverage clips on YouTube, AND
- People seem really into it.
Question: Am I the only one who hasn't heard of this 'til now?
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