Marching Band A Sport Essay

A controversial question asked by many musically talented individuals is whether marching band is a sport. If you asked most people they would say no, but of course they don’t see 2-3 hour rehearsals or the kids who cry when they don’t get accepted into their dream colleges because of auditions that just weren’t up to par. They only see kids in “silly” uniforms blowing into or beating on instruments. People don't see a Marching band and think that they work just as if not harder than a football team. I believe Marching band is a sport because it's performed on a collegiate level, and marching bands have yearly, if not quarterly competitions.
Speaking of being judged. Marching Band is a sport because we are judged at competitions. In Marching Band you have what is called MPA, or Music Performance Assessment. At MPA you perform for judges who judge you on Marching Technique, General Effect, Auxiliary Effect, Drumline, and Drum Major To start
They give comments and a scoring that goes from Poor(lowest) to Superior(highest). At the end of the night, they give awards for each category of judgment in every class(1A-5A) and announce the overall winner of the competition of the competition. Now if I'm correct this sounds like cheerleading a well-known sport across the nation , leaving me to wonder if cheerleading is considered a sport-- why isn't Marching Band. ?
On the flip side of the coin, it could easily not be considered a traditional sport. It doesn't have a scoring method or ranking system to say who's best, we do have kids who work outside for multiple hours a day, most days a week to perform on 1 day for not an hour or even half that. Usually, we get Ten minutes to perform our and get off the field so we don't get penalized.
In conclusion, Marching Band is a sport because we perform on a collegiate level and at competitions. I invite you to come see us at any practice, game, or performance. I'm very sure you'll see I'm right by the time we're