Another respected HBCU band director has voiced opposition to the Red Lobster “Band of the Year” competition put on by ESPN, reigniting a growing debate about the ranking system used to evaluate and compare historically Black college marching bands. Dr. Donovan V. Wells, longtime Director of Bands for Bethune-Cookman University’s Marching Wildcats, released a public statement explaining why his program does not support the competition’s structure. His comments come just weeks after Dr. Roderick Little of Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South made a similar declaration. Wells: “Marching Band Is Not a Sport” In a letter to alumni
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