Snoop Dogg asks Celtic to let him be a mascot for Juventus clash

Mate I understand your conservative view on things but really the worlds moving forward with weed. I live in America and I have a medical card for it. We actually have weed dispensarys all round the country. It helps people. I know the UK government are still very anti weed but like it or not, it helps people. like my mother, she doesn't want to take pain pills because they get you physically addicted as those things are pretty much heroin in a pill. It also helps me with back pain from a car accident. Again, I would rather smoke some a joint to ease ky pain than take smack from my local chemist. Snoop dogg also has a medical card , just like myself.

 

The source of Snoop Dogg's oft-stated allegiance to Celtic football club is hard to pinpoint. Some say the Glasgow club's origins in providing succour for poor Irish immigrants to Glasgow in the 1880s chimes with the experiences of poor blacks in urban America which influence much of the rap king's oeuvre. Others claim he simply took a fancy to Celtic's famous green and white-hooped livery and added it to his vivid wardrobe. Nevertheless his commitment to the club seems genuine enough.

Following the Scottish champions' victory over Barcelona in November he tweeted his followers thus: "Congrats 2 the Celtic on makin it to the last 16 of tha Champion League! We doin it big this year!" Last month he stated his desire to be the team's mascot against Juventus on Tuesday night in the last 16 of the Champions League. Which is why Celtic's chief executive, Peter Lawwell, has been acquainting himself with the delights of dealing with hip-hop royalty. "Our people are talking to his people," Lawwell told the Observer in time-honoured showbiz fashion. "We're keen to make it happen… "

If Snoop does make it to Celtic Park, presumably they will find him a seat next to Rod Stewart whose tears of joy after the Barcelona match defined the historic victory more than either of the two goals. Celtic are not quite a Hollywood club but the international showbiz community is well represented in a global fan base that owes much to the Irish diaspora.

It is Lawwell's job, though, to ensure the club does not get carried away. "Our wide supporter base is something of which we're very proud, but part of my job is to manage expectations. Celtic have a magical historical narrative and we have a great European pedigree but we must be aware of our surroundings and work within our means and ensure that each penny we make is reinvested properly and in the interests of our supporters and our shareholders."

Being aware of the surroundings means, in Celtic's case, acknowledging they operate in a league where television revenue is less than 1% of England's. Or from where you can only look on in quiet astonishment when clubs that provide the Premier League's relegation fodder, such as Queens Park Rangers, are sanctioning transfer fees and salaries that swamp the entire cost and wage bill of the Celtic team who triumphed against Messi, Iniesta and Xavi. The Celtic team that night included the young Kenyan powerhouse Victor Wanyama; the Honduran left-back Emilio Izaguirre; the former Scunthorpe striker, Gary Hooper (the subject of a reputed £9m bid by Norwich City) and Tony Watt, a 20-year-old from Airdrie who cost £100,000 and scored the winner against Barcelona. Then there is Efe Ambrose, who is set to play for Nigeria this evening in the Africa Cup of Nations final, and James Forrest, the gifted young winger from Celtic's youth academy who was named by Fifa on a list of global "ones to watch" last year.

Their alignment in this season's Celtic constellation marks the successful culmination of a five-year economic plan that might have prevented the global banking collapse had it been applied by Lehman Brothers and RBS: cover your risks and secure value for money on every transaction.

"We decided to take significant funds from our first team in 2006-07 and to reinvest it in building a state-of-the-art training campus; developing a youth academy; constructing a sports science programme and the recruitment of an international football development manager," Lawwell said. "It is all about building a sustainable, long-term economic model which will buttress us from the effects of any sudden downturns. It is designed to ensure that we remain competitive in elite European competition."

Celtic have become expert in shopping in what they call "undervalued markets" in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as England's Nationwide League. No one at the club is under any illusion that they will keep their stars for more than a few years, but from a collective outlay of less than £10m they will expect to earn a profit of around five times that. This was exemplified by the £6m sale of Ki Sung-yueng to Swansea City last summer three years after the South Korean midfielder had been purchased for £2m. It is the sort of transfer arithmetic that has made John Park, Celtic's development manager, as big a target for Premier League clubs as any of those who will line up against the Italian champions on Tuesday. It also offers a rebuke to the transfer window coconut shy in England in which vast sums are thrown at a depressing array of mediocrities in a desperate attempt to secure Premier League survival.

Long before the end of this decade English football will be strewn with the corpses of clubs, like brave and brawny Portsmouth or proud Leeds United, who put everything on Premier League black only to see the ball choose red. Too many sturdy English clubs have failed properly to scrutinise the motives and credentials of those who promise them diamonds and glory. Lawwell is adamant that his club will never be engulfed in the swirl of emotional expectation that accompanies it. The majority shareholder, the Irish billionaire Dermot Desmond, is one of the richest men in Britain but, as with each of his other business interests, he expects Celtic's success to be the result of organic growth and prudent house-keeping.

Celtic also developed partnerships in Mexico and India that will help foster community outreach in underprivileged areas. "We see these projects also as an emotional investment as it shows that we are more than simply a football club and that we want to remain true to the principles that led to our birth," Lawwell said.

Mr Dogg's 1996 Snoop's Upside Ya Head is his meditation on loss and redemption. On Tuesday the Celtic supporters will customise it with Ooh Aah Samaras in honour of their talismanic Greek striker Georgios. Snoop though, may be entitled to think they are singing it just for him.

 

So is he going out on the pitch with hoopy or whats the word? No word from the club yet I see

 

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Yeah but lets be honest folks. From what I saw in Glasgow, the city sure does have a taste for "the green stuff".

Spliffs.

Wacky tobacky.

Whatever you call it.

But Im not sure thats the image Celtic wants to portray!

 

Who said their promoting weed? They invited a celebrity that has an interest in our club. not the dictator of North Korea. Snoop has a medical card anyway. Doctors order

 

People saying that Celtic would not like to be promoting weed use?

Well they promote alcohol use every single year with their sponsors Tennents/Magners next year. Alcohol is a million times worse than weed could ever be, not only for your health, but for others affected around you by your actions.

 

yes but like it or not weed is illegal, alcohol isn't.
Why would Celtic want someone who's constantly getting arrested and banned form places walking out with the team?

He's hardly a good role model that anyone would want to promote outwith his circle.

Mascot role should be given to kids who support the team and love football. It's a great experience that they'll never forget. Especially a big game like the CL.

The mans a total fool.

 

illegal by criminal law.. legal by the almightys law..!
its not known as the demon drink for nothing..!

 

total fool?

hes a dedicated family man and does plenty of work in his respective communities for underprivelaged kids.......i'd say he fits in well with the Celtic ethos.

 

I don't think Celtic can seriously care too much about PR when it comes to people sitting in the directors box. I mean John Reid used to be chairmen!

As long as Snoop Dogg's not blazing up next to Peter Lawwell I don't really see the problem.

 

Great piece, really enjoyed reading this! Well said mate!

 

Junkies paradise lol some people seriously need to chill the fvck out snoop is a legend so wat if he smokes weed shouldnt be illegal anyway id have more of an issue with celtic being sponsored by alcohol companies with scotlands binge drinking problem

 

I wouldn't be against this one bit as the exposure it would give the club could only lead to good things.

 

I don't want snoop as a mascot in fact I don't want any grown man as a mascot. But that doesn't mean I don't want him at the game I like his music and would be very happy to see him do the paradise windfall or have him sit next to Rod Stewart I really hope he can make it or that celtic can make it happen for him but please let a wee boy or lassie be the mascot at the game. I just hope Snoop has got his green pimp suit ironed

 

Instead of the normal guy calling out the teams before the game and the windfall at half-time we should make it Snoopy Hoopy!

 

Okay, I'm going to put my neck out.

I think he'll be there. Somehow. :icon_mrgreen: :smiley-laughing002:

 

"Yoyo give it up fo ma man GARRRRYYYY HOOOOOPPAAAAAAA":smiley-laughing002:

 

Snoop Dogg is a * scavenger smoker

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