As one who hates the totally iniquitous bye bye bye in VFL I hope that we never again have an odd number of teams.
How about merging StKilda, North and Hawthorn and sending them to Hobart.
16 teams - less dilution of talent, and ridding us of three teams I dislike intensely. (If they added Geelong and Footscray too then 14 teams even better). The Tasmanian ferry now goes from Geelong so that would suit them, and a new or a nuanced stadium in Hobart could be a proper size and shape.