The Kansas Jayhawks caused a bit of a stir during their midnight madness event after people reacted differently to witnessing Snoop Dogg perform.
Recently, the school was issued a formal notice of allegations from the NCAA. There's Level I violations involved, including some directly connected to head coach Bill Self, so many assumed Snoop Dogg hurling money toward fans, there being dancers on poles and numerous other things were shots take from Kansas toward the governing body of college sports.
Here's a snippet of what went down:
Kansas is going full heel….Snoop even shot an air gun full of Cash into the crowd pic.twitter.com/EtfRiXeqep
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) October 5, 2019
The reaction was wild. Many felt as though this was the Kansas Jayhawks publicly rebelling against the NCAA. Others, however, believed this to be a tasteless move the university, especially with some former college basketball assistant coaches seeing jail time because of the allegations.
You can have fun and not make a mockery of the severity of the situation that @KUAthletics is in. People are going to jail over the accusations. It’s not the entertainment it’s the message. https://t.co/D3XCJT7bws
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) October 5, 2019
One would assume the school had to sign off on Snoop's performance, but athletic director Jeff Long claimed that wasn't the case.
Statement from KU AD Jeff Long regarding tonight's Snoop Dogg performance at Late Night in the Phog… #KUbball pic.twitter.com/4eHbU4YsQQ
— Matt Tait (@mctait) October 5, 2019
“I think there were probably some dollar figures thrown at him to get him to show up. I don't think he's coming for free,” Self joked in an interview with 610 Sports Radio earlier this week about Snoop Dogg coming. “No, we’re excited about him. It should be fun. I must admit I did not grow up on Snoop like maybe some others have, but … I’m excited to see what he’s got when he comes over here on Friday.”
Anyway, it appears nobody is having a normal day after the Kansas Jayhawks had their midnight madness event. College basketball is probably better off for it.
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