Is the marching band a sport

[KEV-O]

yes but you still have one band that comes out on top by the way they prefom our fate is in that just like you always have one football team that comes out on top because of the way they play the game

 

you just said it " top because of the way they play the game" YOU COMPETE we PLAY GAMES. You dont play any games you just compete

[cascadebandmember777]

you just said it " top because of the way they play the game" YOU COMPETE we PLAY GAMES. You dont play any games you just compete

 

but that is not what a sport is ALL about

[Pantherbert]

yes but you still have one band that comes out on top by the way they prefom our fate is in that just like you always have one football team that comes out on top because of the way they play the game

 

 

It's not exactly the same. Judges in a band competition decide the outcome. Officials in a football game do not ( or at least are not supposed to). I don't agree with the idea anyone's fate in the hands of a judge in any sort of competition.

[KEV-O]

but that is not what a sport is ALL about

 

your just blowing smoke now. Yes thats what sports is all about winning or losing if that didn't matter then why would they keep score. All your doing is digging a hole

[KEV-O]

every one needs to stop being so sterotypical band is an art AND a sport just because we play insturments and just because we wear uniforms instead of jersys with our names and numbers on them does not mean that we are not a sport sport is just a word but the meaning behind that word says alot why is band "not" a "sport" we work SO hard and no one realizes that and it makes me mad that no one dose so some one give a REAL reason that MARCHING band isnt a sport i mean one that no one can argue with

 

cascade can you give a Real reason band is a sport, an a reason that no one can argue with?

[morgannn]

http://www.montana.edu/news/1094594517.html (go look at that)

 

Okay. In defense of the football team - you guys work very hard, congratulations. i KNOW you guys practice a lot & do many things that require athletic ability. that is wonderful...it is great you all have that kind of skill. i really do appreciate it.

 

 

yes, the band is the entertainment at the football games. even though we are the entertainment, we are still engaging in an activity that requires a certain level of skill and endurance. the football games are for the football players, not the band or cheerleaders. the band and cheerleaders are there to support the team and get the crowd excited.

 

 

now... a sport...as said/defined before it is a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs.

marching band IS a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs

 

at marching band competitions...competitions...as in competing...depending on the size of the competition, a number of bands come to COMPETE...each band takes about 8 to 10 minutes to show off its skill...that is 8-10 minutes of marching in hot weather in a suffocatingly hot uniform while playing difficult music and having correct marching basics, and hitting forms, and not getting run over or falling down (if we fall down & get hurt we don't stop), and all the while remembering where to go.

 

and we have learned this show (like plays for football players) by practicing every day in the hot weather. we are supervised by the band directors (like the football coaches) on how we are performing...and like football coaches, they yell at us for not focusing or doing our best...like in football, people get injuries and such

 

at the competitions we are scored on our performance and skill...(just because football is not scored like that doesn't mean other sports such as OLYMPIC sports like -diving, gymnastics, ice-skating etc aren't!! try telling someone like Kristi Yamaguchi that she isn't an athlete because her and some other ice skater is not facing head to head against one another!!!)

 

many people do come to watch the marching band competitions....it is full of people cheering on the bands and truly interested in seeing hundreds and thousands of talented kids

 

as for how hard or tough marching is for a particular person...that is just based on the person...i am sure football comes natural for some people and others have to work at it...just like marching band

 

the band (team), has band directors (coaches)...we practice (practice), outside (outside) for long hours... & during the show at competitions(football games) we have to make the right forms (plays) in order to look good (not get a foul) to the judge (referee) ...and without a lot of deduction in points (lots of fouls or mistakes) the judge (referee) will not give us a bad score (when a football team is making a lot of mistakes and getting a lot of fouls they normally don't do too well)...so with all of that together, the band (team) can win...thank you very much!

[jackmoreblackson]

crying because you do "loads of practice" is relevant? everyone practices, practice does not make it a sport

 

 

That's what you continue to reference to: "blah blah we practice and do 3-a-days in 100 degree heat". Everyone practices.

 

And by your definition of sport, skateboarding, blading, surfing, diving, figure skating, bobsledding, diving (for the most part, Olympic events), and many other activities aren't sports.

 

Oh, and by the way, I would hardly call debating with someone "crying".

[KEV-O]

That's what you continue to reference to: "blah blah we practice and do 3-a-days in 100 degree heat". Everyone practices.

 

And by your definition of sport, skateboarding, golfing, surfing, diving, figure skating, bobsledding, diving, and many other activities aren't sports.

 

Oh, and by the way, I would hardly call debating with someone "crying".

 

you said diving twice lol. Do you or do you not use an instrument? yes you do that makes you a musician not an athlete. I dont think there is any way to decide weather the band is a sport or not band members think it is people that play "sports" dont. It is all in what your opinion is. morgannn that article is an opinion not fact so that does not help.

[jackmoreblackson]

It is all in what your opinion is

 

 

So basically you just dismantled all of your arguments and rendered this thread useless.

 

Hooray for the internet.

[KEV-O]

So basically you just dismantled all of your arguments and rendered this thread useless.

 

Hooray for the internet.

 

well i have come to the conclusion which i think we can both agree with that Im not going to change your mind an your not going to change my mind about our thoughts am i right

[jackmoreblackson]

Fair enough. Agree to disagree.

[morgannn]

geeeze....i went in to like detail writing it out for you!! i even put it in to football terms

 

honestly kev-o you are too stuck on being right...

 

and i hope you read that entire post i did before this one because i only told the truth

 

and yes, we are musicians...musicians doing a physical, enduring activity