However, in a letter submitted to The State News, former ASMSU Vice President for Governmental Affairs Eli Pales argued against the allocation. He wrote that the money would be better spent on setting up a fund with the $25,000 for sexual assault survivors. 

"There are dozens of other ways to spend the money that would be far more productive and would have a much greater effect reducing campus sexual assault," Pales wrote.

Crews shared the letter on Twitter, sparking online debate surrounding his potential appearance at MSU. 

Many criticized his response to an invitation to speak about sexual assault on a campus still recovering from the Larry Nassar scandal. 

In response, Crews tweeted that "speaking on behalf of a university that has routinely aided and abetted abusers" would cost $100,000.

He later clarified his tweets, noting that he was "not criticizing the ASMSU student group." 

"I support their cause," Crews wrote in a tweet. "I was responding to an article by the student newspaper at MSU that gave the appearance that I was gouging the group."

These tweets were immediately acknowledged during Thursday's meeting by College of Business representative Olivia Long, who introduced the bill. She expressed that overall, the conflict was the “result of a miscommunication.” According to Long, Crews believed that the university was hiring him to “put a bandaid on” everything that has happened in the aftermath of the Nassar cases, when really it is the students who are advocating for him to come.

“Since then, we have spoken to Mr. Crews as well as his agent and that issue has been resolved," Long said. "He's apologized, we're all on the same page. He wants to come to MSU."

Some representatives, such as College of Veterinary Medicine representative Lauren Pepper, voiced concern with the expense of this allocation.

“I think that there are better things that we can do with this money than hire a celebrity to come talk for a day that would have bigger culture shifts," Pepper said. "I just don’t think it’s worth it." 

College of Engineering representative Ryan Aridi, who shared similar concerns to Pepper in last week’s finance committee meeting, switched to the opposite side of the argument this week, saying the $25,000 is “cheap” compared to the amount Crews makes for other events. 

“Terry Crews coming to campus will be a benefit to students on campus that ... outweighs the benefit of letting the general fund money roll over or go to another bill,” Aridi said.

He also touched on what the benefits of bringing Crews to campus would be. 

“(Crews) coming out as a victim of sexual assault highlights that even the strongest and most masculine of us can feel pain and suffer in the hands of this crime," Aridi said. "It shows that this issue is not restricted to a sex or subgroup, but can affect even those we deem immune to it’s reach.”

In regards to using the money for a different cause, College of Business representative Oscar Garner responded by saying, “Everyone believes this money can go elsewhere, but no one is sending it elsewhere.”

Shortly before the bill was passed, Lyman Briggs representative Ben Horne drew attention toward the fact that many general assembly members, including himself, ran for the general assembly in order to change the culture of sexual assault on MSU’s campus.

“Not passing this bill would be a significant mistake because it says that our priorities have a dollar sign attached to them,” Horne said. “It is time to put our money where our mouth is.”

It's On Us week will take place April 1 to April 5 this year.