It’s also because most of the schools aren’t big enough (student body wise)/don’t want to put in the money, though they totally could afford it, for a full scale marching band. The Ivy bands, at least, usually have about 40 people per game (Columbia and Dartmouth are way smaller), which is a pretty pathetically small…

To be fair, Columbia’s football team really really sucks. And since in the stands your band only gets to play when your team makes a first down or forces a third down for the other team, if your team sucks and doesn’t do either frequently the band never gets to play. If I remember correctly, the team hadn’t won a game…

THIS! I’m a member of an Ivy scramble band and have felt that every year the athletic department and university expect more from us (because fight songs rouse a nostalgic urge to give money in the heart of every old sports booster and rich donor) and treat us with less respect. We are students doing this for fun and…