re: ***Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Official Discussion*** Spoilers

I feel when she was writing the books she only had a rudimentary idea of scoring in sports. She was probably thinking of soccer and how most of the world is familair with games involving getting balls in a goal.

She then probably remembered that Americans favored higher scoring games and made the points higher to appeal to a broad book buying market. She then also wanted to make a built in trump card. A hard to catch snitch that ends the game and gives you 150 points. Unless the other team has 16 goals to your 0 you automatically win. It's just a silly idea. You would then play the game with the team going for the snitch.

I agree quidditch scoring was out there, but it was a game where kids put their lives on the line just to play. Easily the oddest most dangerous game conceived.