Adelaide Crows midfielder Izak Rankine and hip-hop sensation Snoop Dogg have found themselves in hot water over the use of homophobic language.

The Crows and Collingwood battled out round 23 at Adelaide Oval on August 16, when the Crows snagged the win in a tight three-point margin.

During the game, Rankine used a homophobic slur against Collingwood player Isaac Quaynor and was slapped with a four-week ban for the offence.

The decision has had significant impact, especially among AFL fans who say it shows tolerance towards discrimination in a league where homophobia is prevalent.

The offence, for which a sentence is typically five weeks, was shortened after the Crows appealed the ban, using what the AFL reported as an "undisclosed medical submission".

The AFL is one of the most popular leagues still to have just one openly LGBTQIA+ player—after Mitch Brown came out on The Daily Aus podcast in August. 

Now Snoop Dogg, who was announced as the AFL Grand Final’s performer in August, has added fuel to the fire with his comments on the LGBTQIA+ community.

Snoop Dogg said he was scared to take his grandson to the movies after watching Lightyear, a Toy Story spin-off in which the main character is raised by a same-sex couple. 

It has been a problematic year for Snoop Dogg, after losing 500,000 followers on Instagram after a performance at the White House in celebration of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

As such, many footy fans are disappointed over the double-standard, with the AFL suspending Rankine for using a homophobic slur and yet, at the same time, paying Snoop Dogg $2 million to perform at the Grand Final.

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said in a statement that she “urge[s] the AFL to have the guts to dump slur-merchant Snoop Dogg and let an Aussie artist rock the stage instead”.

Monash University students echoed the opinion that Rankine's and Snoop Dogg’s situations are cause for concern for the AFL. Here’s what they had to say.