 Since the crisis effectively forced Tasmania to close its borders, the prospect of Hawthorn and North Melbourne moving their Tasmanian games to Melbourne has been raised; a decision on this is yet to be finalised, and the 2020 season was suspended on 22 March.If these deals were to be voided, it would likely save the Tasmanian taxpayer around $8,000,000, which were the existing commitments with North Melbourne and Hawthorn for 2020.Hawthorn President Jeff Kennett described the prospect of AFL games not being played in Tasmania in 2020, and therefore not honouring the agreement between Hawthorn and the Tasmanian government, as being "very selfish".