How much of the season is that keeping them out of their stadium, though? Couldn't they just stack their away games in the first half of the year and their home games in the back half of the year. Maybe play the China game earlier in the year if they have to. Or, worst case, relocate a home game or two to the Gabba?
Imagine we get to the season and Freo scrape into the top 8 on percentage. How p*ssed off would you be if your team finished 9th, knowing that the team that squeezed you out of the finals had an extra home game to help them get past you?