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A few untelevised rounds?
If 7 can't do it those first few weeks then I don't see why fox footy wouldn't pick up the couple of extra games - end of January is not exactly busy programming for them. 7 mainly did one game a week with foxtel doing the rest so it wouldn't be a big increase.
Regardless of the commercial viability of it if you are going to have AFLW (which we definitely should) we should respect the players and treat it as a professional game. The idea that you add two teams to the comp but cut out a round is silly.
That's also why the AFL as a tax-exempt organisation shouldn't be solely focused on whether it will do well commercially - they have a responsibility to promote the game and AFLW is a really important part of that.