North's chances of playing on Good Friday have received a boost, with Channel Seven chairman Kerry Stokes joining the growing chorus of those in favour of playing on the religious holiday.

The Roos, the pioneer of Friday night football, have actively campaigned to play an annual Good Friday game since the late 1980s.

Although the AFL is yet to make a decision, the AFL Commission last year approved the scheduling of a game on the public holiday.

Stokes lent his support to playing Good Friday football on the same day the League signed a landmark six-year, $2.508 billion broadcast rights deal.

"At the end of the day, this whole agreement is about one basic thing – it's about the football," Stokes said on Tuesday evening.

"Sometimes we lose sight of that. But we'd like to play football every day of the week, Good Friday included."

North chairman James Brayshaw last year reiterated the club's desire to play an annual Good Friday blockbuster, saying the Roos deserved to be "at the front of the queue" after years of lobbying.

Brayshaw said a Good Friday fixture would need a club like Carlton to help turn the match into a centrepiece of the Easter long weekend.

"That's one of the reasons why we think Carlton is a really good fit, because they're a big team. And I think to make a blockbuster work you need to have a big team involved," Brayshaw said in April last year.

Stokes said the prospective Good Friday fixture could be introduced to benefit the annual Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

"You could raise some extra money for the Good Friday Appeal and that would be appreciated," Stokes said.

The Good Friday Appeal, which began in 1931, is one of the country's most iconic fundraisers.