queencitybuckeye
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This is factually untrue in a lot of communities.If you’re gonna base something on dollars, the band brings in 0 dollars for a school, and a good football program brings money in
This is factually untrue in a lot of communities.If you’re gonna base something on dollars, the band brings in 0 dollars for a school, and a good football program brings money in
Massillon fans in general leave early if they are losing. And they supposedly have the best band ever?!?
Which fans? Their fan base is almost nonexistent.McKinley fans just don’t show up!
Plus at Hoban you have to stay after the games to get awarded the championship trophy so there's that.I couldn't imagine going to a game at Hoban, watching bought players, no band, etc.
Sousaphone! Sousaphone!The lonely tuba!!! Hallmark of all urban privates.
As someone who went to a big Div 1 Private school , St Ed’s I can tell you the interest in the band is little to zero , they even give out full music scholarships and still nothing.This is an important issue because it exposes the " so called" religious schools for who they really are. When you pick and choose which kids you are going to help, you really dont care about any of them. The Hobans of this world are using these kids to make a name for themselves.
The Stork from Animal House!
Another reason to slam on Catholic privates.Why is this thread here??
Yep. This is it. The vast majority of people are there to watch football. The band is fine but nobody other than their parents are there to watch them and half of them probably don't want to be there.I enjoy a good band on a Friday night. Adds to the atmosphere. But people forget, it’s a FOOTBALL game and not a band show. So the next time your local band parent complains, tell them to shut up and go blow a horn
I know right? Some idiots want it closed.This thread is all time baby!
I'd put this right DOWN there with the one about 8th grade football that was floating around here a few weeks ago.The only thread dumber than this is the "retire the 3rd down Hell's Bells" thread.
The reason that so many privates (read Catholic) are so much better at football (sports) than band (music) is because sports are much more relevant to their organizations. Those are not hymnals in the pews, they are play books. That is not a sermon, it is the half-time pep-talk. Spontaneous blitz and countering screen plays can break out at any mass. How would a skilled musician fit in? Musicians have no relevance in the worship setting.If your gonna buy 100 players to be on the sideline and not even attempt to have a comparable band, your school is a complete joke. It just shows that your supposedly all caring religious school really only cares about athletes and not tuba players.