Actually some of the rappers were involved from what I saw from one of those 30 ESPN stories on Miami. Giving cash & other things for good performances to football players. Lot of other boosters involved too tho.
You basically picked, literally, the one instance where this has ended badly and the reason it ended badly was poor judgment by (of all places) Miami's leadership.
Did Snoop and Master P take down USC? Did "rappers" involvement in our football program (as many have noted above) lead to widespread disaster?
Look, we all get what you're saying. What I'm saying is, done properly, this can help to propel our program. That's all I'm saying. I don't get the hand-wringing.
Lil' Jon is the NBA's voice for their new national broadcasts (which have a billion dollar price tag, I might add). But it'd hurt us to have him wear a GT hat or 2? No one's saying make him the AD and an honorary grad.
It's 2017 man. I think we can trust that our coaches/admins are walking into things like this with their eyes open.