Why in this day an age, can we not get over this swapping finals venues etc.
2 options which would allow for the best planning and presentation of the leagues showcase:
1 - Just set all the finals venues at the start of the year, rotate them on a roster from year to year, if you are lucky enough to get a final played at your home ground then so be it! People might argue thats unfare, but given all the other parametres that people complaign about, its the fairest total solution.
the Barossa used to allocate lat ein the year like the hills, because of all the reasons that seem to pop up on here, and the reality is, no-one is EVER happy with that set-up. Now each club hosts a final every second year, with that final moving up in importance each time then a 2 year spell after they host the GF (Team X host 1st semi in 2014, nothing 2015, 2nd semi 2016, nothing 2017, prelim 2018, nothing 2019, GF 2020, nothing 2021 & 2022, back to 1st semi 2023)
2 - The higher ranked A grade side on the day Hosts the final (Just like the AFL). If its good enough for them it's surely good enough for the HFL. You still may want to allocate GF day to each club, but then I would go to the rotation system in option 1.
Now allowing for relegation, the team that comes up simply takes the place of the relegated team.