Regarding my last post, I have a couple of more questions:

1. What if you enjoy being on the pep squad and have no aspirations of being a varsity cheerleader? After all, the JV teams need someone rooting for them, too. It might be like, say, going to Regional State College instead of Ginormous Land-Grant U. Is there anything wrong with that? I can’t see the problem, if there is.
2. Maybe the problem isn’t the participants at all; perhaps it’s the coaches. No matter how much you love being in colorguard, if your coach is trying to turn the group into a frou-frou drill team, you have little choice but to stick it out in misery, somehow adapt your goals in contrast to your scruples or quit the squad.