Something which is the massive elephant is the VFL fixtures this year is the WA teams get shorter days between games and play teams at home that have longer days of rest. We play Sydney on Friday who will have a five days break from a home game yesterday and we have four day break after playing Richmond away today. Essendon played nine days ago at home and West Coast five days between Gold Coast away, We play Richmond who played 10 days ago at the their home MCG and Freo has 7 day break which includes a day of travel.
I can see the AFL having a police escort for Victorian teams to get to home games so they don't need to stop at a red traffic light.