Hawthorn has until Friday to match Sydney's estimated nine-year,$10 million offer for star forward Lance Franklin.Credit:Getty Images
According to the university'sNatsem Household Budget Report - which aggregates the cost of a basket of goods,accommodation expenses and utility bills - it costs on average $72,914 a year to live in Sydney and $70,193 in Melbourne.
Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon spent a week in the US in August as part of an AFL delegation - which included Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold,Collingwood president Eddie McGuire and league chief executive Andrew Demetriou - to look at the NFL,NBA and MLB competitions and their wage structures.
''I came back with the view that there is no place for the cost of living allowance,Buddy[Franklin] or no Buddy,''Gordon said.