The AFL cap is around $13.5m. AFL distribution is variable. The strong clubs (about half the league) get less than that but the other half get up to double that (Suns, GWS, St Kilda). All up also around $80m - $90m above the cap.
The AFL give extra to the clubs loosing truck loads of cash.
That is not the same as the NRL.
NRL gives clubs close to 5m each over the cap weather you make money or not.
So the Broncos who make 3.5m a year are still given 5m over cap unlike Collingwood who are given a lesser distribution (12.2m distro) and that money goes to clubs like GWS (27.4m distro) and GCS (27.2m distro).
They are not the same.
Nice try though.
Example.
GWS 28m Grant in 2022 and in 2023 GWS posted a 2.75m loss.
GCS 27m Grant in 2022 and in 2023 posted a loss of 1.7m.
Looks like the Grant for GWS and Suns will have to increase to cover the losses.
That is not over the cap money that is head office paying down red ink.
Hopefully that clears this up for you Jamberoo.