{"id":132416,"date":"2025-09-10T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/132416\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:17:09","slug":"nrl-head-takes-shot-at-afl-over-snoop-dogg-booking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/132416\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL Head Takes Shot at AFL Over Snoop Dogg Booking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The head of the NRL has taken a swipe at the AFL after announcing US star Teddy Swims will headline its grand final entertainment<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

The rugby league code confirmed Swims\u2019 appointment on Thursday morning, weeks after the AFL announced Snoop Dogg for its grand final proceedings<\/a>, which has been met with a divisive reaction and calls for the rapper\u2019s slot to be axed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw what the FLA (AFL) got \u2013 what\u2019s he called, Labrador or poodle? All I know is it\u2019s a dog act,\u201d ARLC chairman Peter V\u2019landys said on The Today Show (via Fox Sports<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to get better than that and we actually got a vocalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bloke can actually sing. He\u2019s a global act, he\u2019s got billions of downloads and he\u2019s also gonna promote the NRL in America. He\u2019s just a class act and very popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Swims will perform at the NRL\u2019s big dance at Sydney\u2019s Accor Stadium on Sunday, October 5th, Snoop Dogg is scheduled to perform at the AFL grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, September 27th.<\/p>\n

In the Senate last month<\/a>, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young claimed that Snoop\u2019s history of misogyny and homophobia should have precluded him from performing at the Grand Final, arguing that the AFL should have instead looked towards homegrown talent for the headline slot.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy is it that the AFL\u00a0 is bringing in an international artist \u2014 a slur merchant \u2014 paying them $2 million, rather than backing Aussie talent?\u201d she asked. \u201cThe AFL has decided for the grand final, rather than putting on an Australian artist, they\u2019re going to pay Snoop Dogg $2 million to play at the Grand Final.<\/p>\n

Prior to this, AFL CEO\u00a0Andrew Dillion defended the decision<\/a>, saying: \u201cWe cannot vouch for every lyric in every song ever written or performed by any artist who has appeared on our stage \u2014 Australian or international. What I can say is that our pre-match entertainment on AFL Grand Final day will be family-friendly and consistent with the audience at the MCG and those watching the broadcast.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was only less than two weeks ago that Snoop Dogg addressed controversial comments<\/a>\u00a0he made over his response to his grandson\u2019s questions about a same-sex couple in\u00a0Lightyear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAll my gay friends [know] what\u2019s up, they been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6 yr old. Teach me how to learn. I\u2019m not perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The head of the NRL has taken a swipe at the AFL after announcing US star Teddy Swims…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,49418,64,63,55,639,22408,91747,49334,91748,85,91749,91750],"class_list":["post-132416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-afl-grand-final","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-nrl-grand-final","tag-peter-vlandys","tag-snoop-dogg","tag-snoop-dogg-afl","tag-sports","tag-teddy-swims","tag-teddy-swims-nrl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}