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 Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:29 pm
I think so. We do just as much work as other sports teams. I dunno about you all, but we do laps and push-ups and we build muscles through endurance. We grow stronger through marching band and develop certain kinds of reflexes and then we compete with rules and trophies and uniforms and all that shiz. We can drop out, we can move up in chairs. We can even consider practices for excersize logs and shiz.
Heck, we deserve way more credit. What do ya'll think?
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:59 pm
HECK YES!
My school doesnt even announce that the band has won something.
We've got TONS of trophies but no one knows.
Its always about the football team..or volleyball.
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:19 pm
My friends and I had this very same conversation on the way to a competiton. We decided that anything you compete in is a sport. Si, yes. It is.
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:51 pm
Yes we should get credit for what we do, and for the most part, what we do requires more concentration than other sports.
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:31 pm
~ AGAINST ARGUMENT ~
Marching band is very similar to Drama. Both require a lot of out of class work and practice, along with memorization and dedication. However, in sports such as football, basketball, and volleyball, you can't anticipate or memorize where the ball is going to fall or how your opponents are going to run a their next play. In this sense, marching band shouldn't be a sport due to the fact that you can prepare and memorize the routines ahead of time, without the surprises and unpredictabilities that live sports present.
~ FOR ARGUMENT ~
On the other hand, since marching band requires running laps and lifting weights, it should be considered a sport, mainly because the major way to train for it is to exercise (and of course practice your instruments.. blah, blah, blah), simlar to regular sports. We also can win state titles like all school sports can.
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:16 pm
yes it definitely is a sport. you cant just not play in the show. we dont have a bench. it's as our director says" we're all starteers on the varsity team.
yeah and our band doesnt get any credit either. our principal is a retarded football buff who thinks band is a bunch of hoodlums and are only good for playing at football games
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:36 pm
Trombone Hero My friends and I had this very same conversation on the way to a competiton. We decided that anything you compete in is a sport. Si, yes. It is. I must disagree. Board games are competitions, but not sports. Ameethea ~ AGAINST ARGUMENT ~
Marching band is very similar to Drama. Both require a lot of out of class work and practice, along with memorization and dedication. However, in sports such as football, basketball, and volleyball, you can't anticipate or memorize where the ball is going to fall or how your opponents are going to run a their next play. In this sense, marching band shouldn't be a sport due to the fact that you can prepare and memorize the routines ahead of time, without the surprises and unpredictabilities that live sports present.
~ FOR ARGUMENT ~
On the other hand, since marching band requires running laps and lifting weights, it should be considered a sport, mainly because the major way to train for it is to exercise (and of course practice your instruments.. blah, blah, blah), simlar to regular sports. We also can win state titles like all school sports can. Totally agree with your first argument. As for your second, it makes sense, but I think along with these elements that define a sport, there is the added element of musical performance which makes band something different. It no longer fits in the category of sport. But whoa, you have to lift weights for band? xD
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:20 am
mrs_moose HECK YES! My school doesnt even announce that the band has won something. We've got TONS of trophies but no one knows. Its always about the football team..or volleyball. nuf said marching band is a sport and will always will be idc what anyone says the school always jacks us off like last weekend we were going to go with the football players and the cheerleaders to playoffs BUT we had to pay $1000 for 30 seats on a charter bus and our band shouldn't have to pay and we have more than 30 ppl
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:11 pm
Mirienne Trombone Hero My friends and I had this very same conversation on the way to a competiton. We decided that anything you compete in is a sport. Si, yes. It is. I must disagree. Board games are competitions, but not sports. Ameethea ~ AGAINST ARGUMENT ~
Marching band is very similar to Drama. Both require a lot of out of class work and practice, along with memorization and dedication. However, in sports such as football, basketball, and volleyball, you can't anticipate or memorize where the ball is going to fall or how your opponents are going to run a their next play. In this sense, marching band shouldn't be a sport due to the fact that you can prepare and memorize the routines ahead of time, without the surprises and unpredictabilities that live sports present.
~ FOR ARGUMENT ~
On the other hand, since marching band requires running laps and lifting weights, it should be considered a sport, mainly because the major way to train for it is to exercise (and of course practice your instruments.. blah, blah, blah), simlar to regular sports. We also can win state titles like all school sports can. Totally agree with your first argument. As for your second, it makes sense, but I think along with these elements that define a sport, there is the added element of musical performance which makes band something different. It no longer fits in the category of sport. But whoa, you have to lift weights for band? xD Chess is considered a sport.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:57 am
along with that argument though, how is cheerleading a sport? If that's considered a sport, then why not marching band? They practice and compete with routines just like we the bands do. That's what I don't understand.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:47 pm
Pfft, totally.
Like at my school, when they have a video featuring fall sports, they show cheerleading, but no band.
xD
The ironic thing is, I decided to b**ch about it last year, and as soon as I was done talking *BAM!* there's about 15 seconds of band on the screen.
x3
But yeah, it needs to count as a sport.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:33 pm
I would just also like to point out we move to a specific spot, at a specific time, at a specific speed while playing and keeping our toes up with perfect posture and boxing!
But that's not hard! <- note this here sarcasm.
I think our school is finally getting somewhere. People are beging to take pride in our successful band program. They announce awards and we get exempt from gym just like the football team and other sports
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:39 am
hell yeah!!!!! we do just as much running and pushups as any other sport, and we do it with basedrums and contra's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe had coffee this morning, band nerd and coffee don't mix well.
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:15 pm
I think it should, I mean, it's physical. plus you get scored for your performance.... I think it should be a sport.
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:34 pm
Marching Band should be a sport
we work just as hard as anyone else if not harder
the definition of a sport is :an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
thats exactely what band is we train hard doing lots of hard physical work over the summer
in the hot sun
while everyone else is in a nice aircondition mall complaning about the heat or how boring there summer vacation is
and most of the time highschools dont even recognize all the hard work the band does.
it really pisses me off all us band geeks should combine together and take over the world
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