The attendance figures don't have as much influence as the broadcast rights figures. If attendance money mattered, Freo would not be playing in Tassie, Darwin or any other out of the way, hard to get to cowpaddock. Why don't teams like GWS, Suns, Lions, Demons, Carlton etc get asked to play in Bunbury, Geraldton, Broome or Port Hedland? It is all about minimising the travel for the big Vic hopes for the premiership, while making it hard for anyone else to survive a season, as evidenced by the fatigue and injuries that out of Vic teams take into finals series.