Next years fixture will have 22 games over 23 rounds with 1 bye per club. https://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/142844/default.aspx
I would prefer if we played league matches in rd 1 and rd 2 and had 2 of the bye rounds off - then league players can relax a bit moe but still hard for this shooting for overall !
Agree with TheTassieHawk there. I don't get the point of having the first couple of weeks without league games