However, he admits effective equalisation policies are necessary to underpin the positive elements of free agency.
"Equalisation is important so you can actually afford to free up the labour market even further going forward," Finnis said.
"That is what allows teams to break the cycle going forward and get to the top even quicker."
Debate is continuing as to whether free agency will actually widen the gap between wealthy and less wealthy clubs and make it harder for clubs to climb up the ladder.
The length of eligibility is likely to be an issue at the mid-term collective bargaining review in 2014 with 57 players on the 2014 free agency list released on Tuesday.
Of the 15 restricted and unrestricted agents to change clubs since it was introduced at the end of 2012, nine players moved from clubs that finished the year lower on the ladder to clubs that finished the year higher on the ladder.
Of the 15 delisted free agents to find new clubs, 12 went from clubs higher on the ladder to clubs lower on the ladder. One of the two that went to a club higher on the ladder - Jonathan Simpkin (Geelong to Hawthorn) played in a premiership last season.
"A key mechanism for improving your teams is free agency and free labour market but in order to do that we need to equalise so the big market teams don't have an unfair advantage over the smaller teams," Finnis said.
Club chiefs heard a range of proposals to equalise the competition in Adelaide last week, with the detail yet to be finalised.
Proposals include revenue sharing measures to compensate clubs for poorer fixtures, a tax on clubs that exceed football department spending caps as well as changes to draft irregularities.
Players' Association president Luke Ball said one of the proposals - to remove the veterans allowance and replace it with $400,000 in the cap - was causing some consternation among players.
He joined several voices questioning the need to remove the allowance in order to equalise the competition.
"It is a bit of concern and that is the general feel of the players," Ball said. "It largely affects the senior players [and] there has been some rumblings around the senior players [wondering] why it needs to be looked at and scrapped eventually."
The Players' Association launched a Reconciliation Action Plan and made several changes to its board at its AGM on Tuesday night with Geelong's Jimmy Bartel, the Bulldogs' Will Minson and Adelaide's Patrick Dangerfield replacing Robert Murphy, Jason Blake and Adam Selwood.
Former Collingwood and Fitzroy player Murray Browne also replaced past player representative Simon Madden, who has joined the Essendon board.
Finnis is joining St Kilda as its new CEO but is likely to remain as AFLPA CEO until April.
