I know this is a controversial subject but given the inadequacies of the fixture can we really have 2 dreadfully weak sides like West Coast and North Melbourne giving a select number of teams a substantially easier draw.

For example, by round 22 Essendon will have played both WC and North twice and you would assume that's 4 wins whereas we will have only had one game against North with West Coast being our opponent the following week.

I think that given we have two highly non competitive teams in the competition that is too much of a head start for the teams fortunate enough to draw them twice.

Could allocating a priority pick or two be the way to get them back to a more competitive position be the best solution?