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|  ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
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Originally Posted by sarahlooo  Muggle sports, riiiiiight. This would be interesting. Natalie didn't have particular interest in wizarding sports (perhaps she was too young), so she wasn't sure if she'd like muggle sports any better. But she was interested, yes indeed.
As for there being something in the Statute of Secrecy about muggle sports... well, she had no idea. Why would there be? Were they not allowed to play muggle sports? Or maybe they just weren't allowed to play muggle sports WITH muggles because they might be BETTER than them. Hmm. She didn't know and she didn't want to make a guess and sound stupid, so Natalie opened her notebook and waited for others to answer to find out. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harron Peasley Wait... They weren't supposed to participate in sports? Felicity blinked a little a Hattie's answer, before raising her own hand into the air. "The whole, not taking part thing, does that mean we can't at all or does it just mean we can't compete?"
So, it wasn't an answer, but Felicity needed to ask the question, and she offered an apologetic smile at the Professor, hoping that she wouldn't be annoyed. Either way, it sucked. Majorly. So unfair.
Naturally, there were the quiet ones. Kay trusted that they were responsible enough to take their notes.
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Originally Posted by RachieRu Sports. Blah. Hattie dislike sports. She was not a sport person at all. The fact that she wasn't allowed to fly due to her medical condition only made the fact worse. But she did actually know the answer to this. She had decided that it was important to know about the statue of secrecy, especially since it was her OWL year. So she was feeling pretty good right now. Nobody had said the answer either. So she was feeling pretty good. She could totally get it right first. Not that it mattered about having to be first. But it was quite nice.
So she quickly put her hand into the air. "We, as in witches and wizards are strictly forbidden from taking part in muggle sports" which made sense since they could totally use their magical skills to their advantage. And that would just not be fair. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayla Taaffe With no hesitation, Viv perked her head up. Muggle sports? "Professor, are we learning about hockey or baseball by chance?"
Being a Muggle-born, Viv's mother had strongly believed in the Statute of Secrecy. But she wasn't against Muggles, she was a Muggle-lover! "It's clause 73, professor. I disagree with this. We should all be included in sports. Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo But...er....."Okay." Was all the Ravenclaw could manage to reply. Seemed to her that if anything it would be the opposite of what the Professor explained, given the country likely manufactured things that said football as opposed to sourcing it from someone who'd gotten it outside of the country but Jessa didn't feel like arguing it.
It didn't matter, the focus of the lesson wouldn't take them back into American territory as the previous term did and she was honestly too tired to follow anything up.
Bad enough they were asking about statutes. She knew of the one the Professor was referring to but as others had already provided the answer, she would simply give her input.
"It makes sense, Professor. With magic added to any muggle game, the scales become ridiculously tilted. Sure, we could promise not to use magic while playing but not everyone's a fair player and some people are rotten at losing. Who's to say in the final minutes they don't lose it and end up jeopardizing the secret entirely?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Ohhh, muggle sports! That seemed like a super awesome and interesting topic to learn about. Maddie knew a little about muggle sports, but she hadn't played a whole lot of them or anything like that. She looked at the posters on the wall. She liked the flowers in the last picture best of all!
There was talk of some joint lesson they'd done last year, but Maddie was a firstie and didn't know anything about that. As a matter of fact, Maddie had no idea what the answer was and was just going to give a BIG OLE wild guess! She raised her hand in the air and waved it about as if she had the best and most correct answer EVERRRR. "Isn't it something about concealing the sports and where they're played?" she asked. "You can't just build a quidditch pitch right in the middle of...let's say...the parking lot of a muggle mall!" Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Class was officially started and it seemed that muggle sports would be the topic of the day, as expected. They were off and running as the first question was posed. This.......required some serious thought on Shay's part. The International Statute of Secrecy was a very tricky thing. This had been made clear by the many "heated" discussions they had had on the subject so far. When it came to sports, it got even trickier. She had probably broken the statute a million times. As a witch with a muggle parent, living in the muggle world and going to muggle schools, how could she not?
Jessa made a good point though. There were plenty of witches and wizards who could and would participate in sports without using magic. But of course there were those who would inevitably use their abilities for their own selfish gain........the few that would mess things up for everyone. That's why it was so tricky. Could you risk the safety of the wizarding world for those who didn't know how to play nicely? Quite the dilemma. Shay raised her hand and slowly began. "I don't particularly agree with the clause, but I get it. With magic involved, there would be an unfair advantage........and you can't trust everyone not to use their abilities to have an advantage. Still, I think there should be some happy medium. There has to be some way for witches and wizards to participate in muggle sports. I'm just not sure how that could be done." Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Considering how every other time the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy had been brought up in class they had been pointedly told to drop the subject...Derf was perplexed. But for good reasons? Maybe NOW they could actually have an open forum of sorts to discuss the Statute and such? It was something he had been disappointed about in the past, opinions being muted and such.
The third year was mostly just listening though, since most people had given all the information he knew already. His eyes WERE drawn to the older Slytherin with the neat eyebrows again - the ones he was still waiting to go all pupa one day - and her question. "Compete," he nodded while sitting up a bit more straight in his seat. "We are allowed to support a Muggle side and stuff."
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Muggle Studies usually proved to be somewhat interesting, even if it wasn't entirely relevant to herself as a witch. She did, however, beam at the sight of various sports posters on the walls of the classroom when she had entered, her mind wandering about the possibility that they might get to play a sport!
It wasn't until Professor K Stewart welcomed them, that the fifth year's attention snapped forward. Ah, so they were going to be talking about muggle sports, which hopefully meant more than just discussing them? And talking about the statute of secrecy? Oh no, they weren't going to have a debate about this again, were they? It seemed like anytime muggles were mentioned, some sort of debate broke out. What was next, allowing muggles into Hogwarts? She was okay with muggle-born witches, because they were witches, but full-bred muggles was a totally different ball game.
And then she heard Hattie speak up about being forbidden from competing in muggle sports. "Honestly, we have quidditch and gobstones, which are infinitely better than any muggle sports anyway." Really, so why would they WANT to play on the ground, when they could fly?! Which meant, she could care less about the clause forbidding them from playing. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimothy You know where Vivian Fairfield was? Here, of course. Pssssh, she was totally in class all along. And she did notice the posters in front. One of them was soccer... and she wasn't quite sure about the rest, but she was positive that those were sunflowers. A confused look grew on her face. What does it have to do with sports?
Er, anyway. Vivian knew about the Statute, yes. Perhaps every single member of the wizarding world was made very aware of its existence. Because muggles and wizards don't always mix well together. But then Hattie's answer to the question totally took Vivian aback. So... they weren't allowed to participate in muggle sports? Weird. She raised her hand. "I see the point why this is part of the Statute, professor," Vivian nodded. "I kind of half agree and disagree? No use of wands, yes, but... if one wizard gets the twitchy feeling of using magic, then I guess it's up to his conscience?" Because Vivian wouldn't, of course. Playing against the rules always bothered her. Sort of. Only during Quidditch matches, sure. "The participating wizard would know the consequence, after all." Like a life sentence to Azkaban or something wasn't bad enough.
“You are all correct but unfortunately, Ms Awning, we won’t be delving into either of those today,’’ Kay replied, registering in her mind yet again just how knowledgeable her kiddos were. It never ceased to make her proud. “I’d like to point out that this does not fall under clause 73. That clause specifies the necessities of keeping magical beings, spirits and creatures concealed and within a territory’s borders.’’ She paused to gaze around at the class before continuing. “Even though we are forbidden to take part, we are allowed to choose a team we want to support.” That should answer Ms Harrington's question, as Derf had also mentioned. “Concealing our sports tournaments like the Quidditch World Cup is indeed a part of our Statute,’’ she continued with a nod at Maddie.
"Ms Cambridge, Ms Morrison and Ms Fairfield brought up the reason exactly why we aren’t allowed to participate. You see, our magical abilities put us at a huge advantage over the Muggle athletes. Though this clause has been in place, it has of course been breached multiple times.’’ The Professor moved to her whiteboard. “Two of the most famous breaches or suspected breaches occurred when there was a rumour about the real intention of the Wizarding Supporters of Scottish Rugby Union, an international organisation or fan club, if you will, for wizarding folks who are fans of the Scottish Muggle Rugby team. The suspected intention of that group was to have a gifted squib on every Scottish rugby team.’’ She made some notes on the board. “The second breach also involves rugby. Stuart Hogg, who was thought to be a gifted Squib, is actually a wizard. He began playing for the Scottish rugby team in 2012. Other wizards on the team were Kelly Brown and James Hamilton. For those of you interested in reading about this fascinating topic, you can refer to page 239 of your textbook.’’
Her own opinions on this matter? Kay understood just why these players were smuggled onto the team. Why bar witches or wizards from being apart of the Muggle world in this way? Why prohibit Muggles from knowing about the Wizarding world? The Statute, which she so strongly stood for last year, was now nothing more than an inconvenience. Like a few others, including Ms Morrison, she wanted to see there be some sort of compromise on this issue.
“What I would like for you to do next, is to share a bit of your knowledge about sports with myself and your classmates. Any particular sport that holds your interest? Tell us which and why. Do you support any Muggle teams? Do you have a favourite athlete? You’re not limited to these questions. For those of you, like Ms Diggory, who feel that wizarding sports and games are enough, how did you arrive to this conclusion? Feel free to give any information related to the topic.’’ OOC:  We’ll move on in 24-27 hours. Have fun with your answers! |