Quidditch, a broom-riding sport for boarding school wizards in Harry Potter, is a “quidditch” for those who play games in real life, its main organization. Said on tuesday.
group Quote The financial impediments imposed by the film series producer Warner Bros.’s holding the Quidditch trademark, and the desire to “keep away” from the book’s author, JK Rowling, and they put her away. What we call “anti-trans” refers to her controversial statement about gender identity in recent years.
“This is a bold move, and for me personally, I certainly miss the original name,” Alex Benepe, who helped find a real sport in 2005, said in a statement. “But from a long-term development perspective, I’m convinced that this is a wise decision for the future that will allow the sport to grow indefinitely.”
The road to decision began in December when Quidditch of the United States and Quidditch of Major League Baseball (a young sportsman and professional wing) announced their intention to select a new name and register it as a trademark.Their statement Emphasis Missed “sponsorship and broadcast opportunities” due to licensing issues. Orig
In 2017 interview On Quidditch Post, a sports news site, Benepe praised Warner Bros. for being “very tolerant” of the league operating and selling tickets under its name.
However, Warner Bros. banned the sale of goods using the word “quidditch,” he added, forcing the sport to sacrifice major business opportunities. Mr. Benepe then insisted on the name change before the recent political dispute with Mr. Rolling.
“I love Harry Potter and I always do that, but if our sport needs Harry Potter to survive, it shouldn’t be that great.
Nevertheless, on Tuesday, the International Quidditch Association, the premier governing body of sports, Listed Rolling’s “anti-transposition” is the main motivation for changing the name of sports.
“We tried to clarify that was the reason for both,” said Jack McGovern, a spokesman for US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch, in an interview. “We didn’t intend to make a value judgment as to which reason was more important than the other.”
Quidditch games have frequently appeared in Harry Potter’s book and movie scenes. The actual version of it contains many elements taken from the imagination of Mr. Rolling’s game: riding a broom, throwing a ball through a hoop, the need to avoid a bra, and finally a golden snitch. You need to catch. In real life, a brassiere is not a flying iron ball, but a rubber dodgeball, and a snitch is a tennis ball that can be attached to a person like flag football.
Thousands of people are playing the game in more than 40 countries. according to To the International Quidditch Association.
After her comments on transgender issues on Twitter received widespread attention, Rolling said. essay In 2020, there were concerns about “eroding the legal definition of sex and promoting its replacement with gender” and increasing sex change among young people.
Many advocates of transgender rights call Rolling’s comments transphobia, and some fans struggle to reconcile their love for “Harry Potter” with their opposition to her views. increase.
Rolling representative Blair partnership She said she wouldn’t comment on the decision, but she said In the statement The various Quidditch leagues have never been approved or approved by her.
McGovern said the relationship between Quidditch and Rolling was an obstacle to recruiting new players, and said he wasn’t sure how much official sports organizations would refer to “Harry Potter” in the future.
According to him, he first came into contact with Quidditch in 2010 when he was in junior high school. He persuaded one of his parents to take him from Philadelphia to New York City to see the Quidditch World Cup. Impressed by the game’s “energy, life and momentum of progress,” he said he was a “more generally ambiguous sports fan.”
Almost as a retrofit, he added, “I was reading’Harry Potter’at that time.” Asked how his love for books motivated his early interest in sports, McGovern replied: I don’t want to say any more now. “
