Adelaide forward Izak Rankine has spent time away from the club following his use of a homophobic slur towards a Collingwood player last weekend, which resulted in a four-week suspension.
Crows CEO Tim Silvers confirmed that Rankine has been absent since the incident and will spend the "next week or so" managing the fallout.
Silvers acknowledged what the star forward said was "totally unacceptable", leaving the club "disappointed and frustrated with the comment".
"We accepted there needed to be some sanction," Silver said on Triple M Breakfast in Adelaide.
"We were looking for some leniency. Officially, there was nothing along the Snoop Dogg entertainment piece, to be honest. We're so focused on trying to get to a grand final. We're not worried about the grand final entertainment.
"My view, the key plank from my end, was just whether there should be some leniency when you look at what a finals game is worth versus a home and away round. It was one of the major submissions we put forward."
Silvers said the AFL had never considered that type of "leniency" before.
"They didn't want to set a precedent," Silvers added.
"But if you look at Izak in isolation, he's played over 100 games of AFL, he's been playing footy for 20 years, he's been striving to play a final, let alone a grand final, and I just think, there should be a weighting on that, and that's something maybe, as new leaders come in, that can be considered."
Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks said the club was still working on its culture, but didn't believe they had a deep-seated problem.
"We aim for perfection, but we understand that it is pretty tough to get there, but there are a lot of things that we get right… There are things that we are getting right, but there are still things that we need to do better," Nicks said on Friday.
"We constantly address that, we constantly talk about our values and how it is we behave and the importance of role modelling.
"There may be a lot of people out there who are doing it tough, I don't know who they are, and the only thing we can do as a footy club is get around all of our people and ask questions ‘how are you, and how has it affected you'.
"We believe we have a strong culture, but we know we have to keep working on it."
