Clubs will be given the opportunity to sit out the year if they wish to and I'd say the majority will take up that offer.
If clubs choose to do this they will be signing their own death warrant.
For a lot of clubs, choosing to play will be signing their own death warrant. Specially for regional areas
I understand the complexity in regional areas, but if your club/league does not proceed with the season and a player wants to play footy they are going to leave your club and go elsewhere. Whats the chances of getting them back in 2021?
With a small extension into October there are still 5 months left in the season, with a very real possibility of further restrictions being relaxed in the next fortnight which will allow crowds, BBQ's, canteens and Bars to be open (under new protocols). With no AFL to attend it could be a boom for grassroots footy.