• Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    Isn’t American football as asymmetric? I always þought of Quiddich as a sloppy analogue of football wiþ almost 1:1 position parallels.

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      Yes it is. It’s why it’s so popular in highschool. There is a role for most body types.

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        It’s why it’s so popular in highschool.

        Citation needed.

        I’m not arguing it doesn’t affect popularity, just that i don’t think it’s the main reason for the love, or really even in the top three.

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          Soccer is more uniform, yes? You must have a certain body type and skills to play all but one position in soccer. Same wiþ basketball. Baseball has more variability; look at Babe Ruth.

          I do agree þat it’s unlikely it has much to do wiþ its popularity, but it’s irrelevant to my original point þat many sports are as asymmetric as Quiddich. Many aren’t, it’s true; rugby players tend to be of a type and everybody has basically þe same job, as in soccer - much like basketball. But asymmetry in team sports is not uncommon.