Marching Band is technically a Sport Attempt #3 (Please read the rules)

Thank you, sir, for following the rules that I’ve addressed. Now, we shall commence the debate. ____________________________________________________ Regulations Update Your thesis statement can be more than one sentence. You are required to come up with at least 2 argument statements instead of 3. ____________________________________________________ Before I affirm my thesis statement, I need to clarify that I do need to define what the term “sport” means. A sport has four things: The involvement of physical exertion Competition Governed by a set of rules Has to require some form of skill Those are the basic requirements of what a sport should have. ____________________________________________________ Thesis Even though it’s not as much of a sport, Marching Band can still be considered a sport in general no matter which way you look at it. ____________________________________________________ Argument #1 Marching Band follows all of the fundamentals of sports that I’ve listed. “The involvement of physical exertion.” Marching Band, believe it or not, requires you to be physically fit and active for Marching Band. Marching Band is not about walking on a field. You also have to have physical stamina to get out there long enough. I mean, you’re going to be in the blazing sun, in that hot uniform, carrying a 60-pound instrument. Doesn’t that sound tiring to you? (http://www.highschoolillustrated.com...) (http://www.teenink.com...) “Competition” Marching Band has a lot of competition going around. Bands all over the school district meet together and they compete to see which school has the best band? Who has the best Brass section? Who has the best Percussion section? Who has the best Woodwind section? Etc. (http://en.wikipedia.org...) (A marching band is a group consisting of instrumental musicians performing outdoors for the purpose of entertainment, exercise, and sometimes in competition) “Governed by a set of rules” Marching Band has a lot of rules that you have to follow just as there are rules to Football, Basketball, and Soccer. I will list some rules Rule #1: You can’t walk. You must march according to what your band director has instructed you to march. Rule #2: You can’t move while your band director has called you to halt. If you’re not in your spot, pretend you are there. Rule #3: You can’t move and not “mark-time march.” You ALWAYS have to mark-time march first. Those are just some of the rules I’ve listed. There are many more, and some marching bands march differently than others. “Has to require some form of skill” Obviously, you need to be a good musician to be out there to march. As a matter of fact, Marching Band is said to be harder than football mostly because you have to multitask. You have to memorize your music because you can’t stare at your music, look at the conductor, and use your peripheral vision to detect where you should be in the formation all at once. If you can do that, well, good for you. All you’re doing is making it harder for yourself when you can just memorize your music. Not only you have to play music on a field, you have to march correctly, look at the conductor, and memorize your spots. There is so much to do in Marching Band physically and mentally. You can’t do all of that in one day. It takes weeks and months of practice. (http://www.amparents.org...) Argument #2 Almost every band director out there can agree that Marching Band can be a sport. Yes, this is a subjective argument, but that doesn’t mean that the majority of personal opinions can’t prove something correct. Ask any band director and it’s very likely that they’ll agree that Marching Band should be a Sport. (http://www.ycspectator.org...) (http://www.therideronline.com...) Argument #3 I mean, Fishing is a sport. Yes, fishing is a sport. If fishing can be a sport, how can Marching Band not be a sport? I know this argument is kind of irrelevant in terms of Marching Band, but think about it. Fishing is a sport, but Marching Band is not. How does that make sense? (http://en.wikipedia.org...) (http://en.wikipedia.org...)