The Kangaroos, a preliminary-finalist last year, and the pioneers of Friday-night football, were given only two in that timeslot this year – each against Essendon, with their final clash next weekend. As the AFL heads to market for a new broadcast rights deal, Brayshaw said this year's schedule had been weighted unfairly towards the traditional power clubs in a bid to spark greater network interest. He said the league had gone to the major networks and said, "Here's our product, pay us another $500 million beyond what you paid last year – so they have tailored the draw for that." "It has backfired horribly," Brayshaw said. "There is no doubt about that. "What I would hope the AFL would acknowledge is that this was a KPI-driven draw because they are trying to tick these boxes off so they get the money they want.

"I hate that in our draw. I have said this publicly - I would love us to play two games less per year and have a much purer draw. If that costs you $40 million, I don't care, a $100 million, it doesn't matter to me. Your money is your money, no matter where it sits. "I would far prefer to have a pure draw - everyone plays each other once and have those rivalry rounds and have the draw so we don't deal with what we are dealing with this year, where teams get a blissful run and other teams get smashed. "For me, our competition, the big worry is we are so often driven by financial-reward result rather than by a footy-pure result. That's what this draw looks like to me." The AFL hopes for a deal of more than $1.7 billion, up from the current $1.25 billion, when the new deal begins in 2017. Speaking on Triple M, Brayshaw said the Blues should not have been given so many Friday night games.