Or
Take expressions of interest for a Quarantine Super League. Players agree to live in an Olympic village type setup for the rest of the season, completely isolated from the rest of the community. You keep them isolated from each other for the first couple of weeks, so when they begin in 3 weeks you’re sure the whole comp is virus free.
The village has one footy oval for the games, which you pipe into homes all over the world as the only game being played. With the massive TV rights you pay the likes of Dusty, say, 5 million. Blokes on 300k will get a million. Young, single blokes across the league will jump at it. They’re only going to be in lockdown on the ‘outside’ anyway. Everyone will make a motza, the country will be saved from footy-starvation depression and the money left over can be pumped back into the game when this mess is over.
Easy.