Snoop's involvement is great for the sport. It seems like a lot of posters here don't want the sport to be popular, like you're losing control over the precious (put nicely).
By the way, he's been coaching / running a youth football program to keep disadvantaged youths off the street for years now given his upbringing. One of the kids he coached? C.J. Stroud.
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If you want to grow the sport, then we need more eyes on the sport and new fans. This is great! We can’t gatekeep track and expect it to flourish.
That’s a horrible take.. 3 years ago Sha'Carri Richardson gets a thc ban and missed the opportunity to run the Olympic Games… Now the guy who is famous for smoking weed is the new NBC commentator.
Michael Phelps got a DUI for alcohol AND for Marijuana. Go b!tch about him please.
I thought that his commentary during the first 2 water jumps of the steeple was hilarious and awesome. He really seemed like he was enjoying the race. NBC then proceeded to move the steeple to a little box so they could show a few commercials. Snoop isn't the problem.
He also broke 35 seconds in the 200m! Not bad for a 52 year old stoner who likely doesn't train at all.
Snoop doesn't trip over his words like Leigh "Tom Williams, I mean Todd, and Max Shorter" Diffey. If he were to take the job seriously, he'd do a far better job. Pair him up with Ato, Kara, and Sanya, and put Dan O Brian on the interviews and it would be a solid product. Maybe Dr Dre could do the production instead of whoever thinks it's a good idea to cut away to commercial from the middle of the steeplechase, then return and go straight to the javelin.
Does anyone really think Snoop Dogg is good for the sport. He knows nothing about Track & Field and it makes a Mockery of the Sport. Couldn't NBC at least find a person who did the sport. If I want to see this crap during the Super Bowl I can watch Nickelodeon TV.
Does anyone really think Snoop Dogg is good for the sport. He knows nothing about Track & Field and it makes a Mockery of the Sport. Couldn't NBC at least find a person who did the sport. If I want to see this crap during the Super Bowl I can watch Nickelodeon TV.
Does anyone really think Snoop Dogg is good for the sport. He knows nothing about Track & Field and it makes a Mockery of the Sport. Couldn't NBC at least find a person who did the sport. If I want to see this crap during the Super Bowl I can watch Nickelodeon TV.
I thought it was amusing. I also had no idea he was so tall. Or that NBC guy was very short, one or the other.
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So you're saying... If he wasn't so black you'd like him?
I just came for the comments... I enjoy seeing Trump worshippers not seeing the hypocrisy surrounding their own thoughts... or lack thereof! Snoop is a damn fine national treasure and I'd roll with him any day!
Note that Snoop went to maybe the greatest sprint HS in America: Long Beach Poly.
I don't like that Snoop is so connected to crime and drugs... but the idea of a charismatic celebrity whose appeal spans generations is a great idea. If they figure out what his bits will be and they get one or two to go viral...that would bring a lot of new eyes to track.
Only nerdy old ahhhh YT people have a problem with snoop being apart of the broadcast crew. If you’re under 40 you grew up on snoop and absolutely love this!!!
I don’t want no jack black or mark wahlburg, give us more sn-double o-p.
He could learn a little, but his appreciation for the sport is cool. I have to admit, I did laugh at the sheer randomness of Snoop Dogg going "oh yes, I like this one, they're going off the tippy top" when he was at the steeple chase final. I mean he took cooking seriously when he worked with Martha Stewart on that series, he could be just a little more insighftul, yes, so it doesn't look so transparent as a publicity stunt. i don't hate it
Maybe have him interact with the athletes like Leslie Jones did in Rio?
