From Caro's article in the Age:
Melbourne chief executive Steve Harris said the club would urge the AFL to compensate the MCG tenant clubs - the Demons, Richmond and Hawthorn - to allow them equal financial benefits and growth possibilities in the wake of the impressive Collingwood agreement with that stadium.
GARDNER’S PROPOSALS
The key points in Paul Gardner’s letter, which asked the AFL to:
■ Lift each club’s annual AFL dividend by $1 million;
■ Ensure each of the 16 clubs make a profit each year;
■ Boost its funding of the poorer clubs’ facilities and infrastructure to further equalise the competition;
■ Favour the clubs over the players when proportioning its new broadcast profits;
■ Increase its funding of the total player payments from an estimated 60 per cent to 80 per cent and fully fund all player wage increases; and
■ Invest some of its new-found millions into football-related businesses such as ticketing, car parks and media in a bid to further assist struggling clubs by keeping profits within the industry.
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/02/13/1139679533747.html
