if you want to be technical the only bands that were in the battle of the bands were valley, alabama a&m, alcorn and bama st or pine bluff i think correct me if i'm wrong. it was promoted wrong. bands are not going to come for free it's going to take some money. the elite bands(the bands that have the names like grambling, su, and jackson was not there, it isn't a battle of the bands without the big name bands. truly i wish all will show and hopefully their would be quality, qualified judges so that we can see who really is the number one band, because at the point in time it's based off opinion.