Only days after Demetriou's fear mongering rant, it appears there are many options left open to the AFL.
It also seems evident that the code DOES NOT have to stop for the World Cup.
If it were me, I'd start the season a month early, have a month off for the cup and go without a couple of the main stadiums for a month (it's not like we haven't done it before). Doesn't seem too unreasonable to me, nor does it seem that things would be (relatively) affected.