After arbitration from the Minister for Lands, it was agreed that cricket clubs would be required to pay the league £20 per 100 members, ending the long-standing practice of cricket club members receiving admission to football games without compensation to the football clubs; but that the grounds management would still retain all receipts for admission to reserve areas, with the league receiving none of these takings. During the stand-off, the VFL arranged for the Motordrome and the Exhibition Oval to be available to serve as alternative venues during the year, and drew up a fixture which saw each of those grounds holding twelve games – with Fitzroy, Carlton, North Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood and Essendon each to have played four of their nine home games at one of the replacement grounds.
This agreement was reached through mediation by the Minister of Lands, resulting in cricket clubs being required to pay the league £20 per 100 members, thus ending a long-standing practice where cricket club members received free admission to football matches without compensation; however, ground management retained all revenue from reserve area admissions. During this standoff, the VFL arranged for alternative venues – the Motordrome and Exhibition Oval – to host twelve games, with each of six teams playing four home games at one of these grounds.