In an effort to counterbalance blowouts and to recognise the combined achievements of the men's and women's competitions, the AFL is reportedly on the verge of implementing a club champions award.
Although the plan is yet to be set in stone, there is said to be warm interest at clubland, with the award set to be bestowed upon the club with the strongest record across both competitions each season.
According to CODE Sports' Daniel Cherny, the idea behind this is to garner all 18 clubs to invest time into better resourcing their AFLW sides, while also fostering a greater sense of inclusivity.
This has similar parallels to the McClelland Trophy which recognised the club across the Men's Senior Team, Reserves, and Under 19s.
Since the desolvation of the Under 19s competition in the 1990s, the League has moved the McClelland Trophy to award the team which finishes as the minor Premier during the men's home-and-away Season.
There remains a level of uncertainty in regards to player movement within the AFLW after Season 7 began in August after a short turnaround from Season 6 in February.
This ambiguity threw a spanner around the usual conventional draft, with 17-year-olds being drafted ahead of the altered campaign.
An idea across the AFLW has been to introduce a mini-draft for those who missed out and then wait for the traditional Under 18 draft.
Players and clubs are seeking clarity when it comes to a sign-and-trade whether it is done at the completion of the season in late November or if the League will shift the player movement period into the earlier stages of 2023.
Recently, the league secured a new television rights deal, paving the way for CBA talks between the AFL and the AFL Players Association with a CBA between male and female players being strongly considered.
Four months ago, the AFLW players received a 94 per cent pay rise.
Another conundrum has been the vast number of blowouts in AFLW Season 7 with Adelaide demolishing GWS by 96 points whereas Brisbane has recorded three wins by more than 7 goals.
In order to even up the playing field amongst the 18 AFLW clubs, an idea brought up is for first-round picks to be thrown into the national pool, allowing weaker sides to draft the best talent.
