ANDREW Demetriou has again raised concerns about the amount of money clubs spend on their football departments.
Demetriou admitted a cap on football department spending is a possibility.
"That's just a concept that's been floated, there's no decision on that," Demetriou said on Wednesday.
"We can't just continue to see costs spiral out of control."
Demetriou is on the Gold Coast for Thursday night's NAB AFL Draft but will first meet with club chief executives on Wednesday afternoon.
Equalisation is the headline agenda item at the meeting, following an AFL delegation's trip to the United States earlier this year.
Demetriou defended the AFL propping up smaller clubs with extra funds.
"We don't call it drip feeding. As the owner of the New England Patriots said to me - Robert Kraft, a billionaire who owns one of the largest franchises - 'we've got to play someone'," Demetriou said.
"We need smaller clubs, bigger clubs can't play each other five times a year.
"I think everyone's pretty committed to trying to find a way that suits everybody."
The gap between rich and poor clubs was evident on an early Wednesday morning Virgin Australia flight from Melbourne to the Gold Coast.
Two club bosses from rich clubs were seated in business class while the chief executive of one of the code's poorer clubs was seated a few rows behind in economy.
So called 'coach poaching' has also been added to the agenda after St Kilda snatched Port's director of coaching Alan Richardson and installed him as head coach last week.
"The timing was unfortunate, (Port was a) victim of circumstance," Demetriou said.
"It's not an issue that clubs want to be antagonistic towards each other about, I think there's a general spirit of cooperation."
One possibility could be a deadline on when coaches can move between clubs, as a way to halt the sharing of sensitive pre-season information.
The League's CEO also deflected questions over his future, saying there is much more work to do.
"Everyone keeps talking about this (my future), do you know something I don't know?" Demetriou said.
When asked if he'd remain at the helm of the code for the full duration of 2014, Demetriou said: "There's a lot more work to be done."
The CEO's meeting was due to begin at 2pm AEDT and expected to run for a couple of hours.
Meanwhile, Demetriou is keen to negotiate an extension to hosting the draft on the Gold Coast.
A three-year deal for the event expires next year, but if Demetriou has his way, it will stay in Queensland well into the future.
"It seems to be a really wonderful fit having the AFL Draft here on the Gold Coast. I know everyone in the industry looks forward to coming up here on an annual basis," he said.
"I'm hoping at some stage to sit down with the (Queensland tourism) minister about extending the agreement.
Queensland tourism minister Jann Stuckey said the government was also open to an extension.
