I have eagle loving family in Melbourne. If it comes to the crunch they would support Freo over the Cats, and I'm prepared to buy them a ticket. But I'm not sure they could be bothered driving to Geelong.
But clearly the AFL is making a big mistake here. Another poster suggested the obvious - send a 2nd string team over and play a very physical game. Hell, I'm sure we could send a few players who can afford suspensions, because they wouldn't get selected early next year anyway.
Then smash the Pies or whoever comes over here the week after. Unless Eddy lobbies for that game to be played at the MCG...