AFL hubs set to cost league $60 million as 2020 season hits game’s bottom line – Wide World of Sports

The crippling cost of keeping the AFL’s interstate hubs has been revealed with the league paying the cost for Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19.
The AFL’s bill for maintaining the hubs has hit the league’s hip pocket to the tune of $4-5 million a week as the overall cost is set to eclipse $60 million.
The league has had to fork out more than $5 million for COVID-19 testing and has already conducted 51,000 tests while planning for thousands more in the lead-up to the October 24 Grand Final at…

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