The AFL announced on Wednesday that it has resisted the temptation to increase the number of teams qualifying for the finals, and will keep the current final eight system for at least the next two seasons.
Despite the addition of an 18th team to the competition in 2012, the 22-matches per club home and away fixture is also certain to remain until the end of 2013.
Of more than 4200 responses to the survey, 69 per cent of fans were in favour of keeping the status quo, with 16.5 per cent supporting an expansion to a final 10 and the remaining 14.5 per cent suggesting other options.
"The introduction of the new teams in the Gold Coast Suns and the GWS Giants, combined with the creation of a new match schedule for the broadcasting of games within the next five-year television contract, has introduced significant new complexity into the fixture process," he said.
"It was therefore recommended there be no change to the existing 22-round home and away season."
The four-week NAB Cup has survived too, albeit in a slightly different form.
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