After an association meeting on Monday night, the tough decision was made to pull the plug on any junior or senior competition until 2021.

Association president Kerri Warren released a statement on Tuesday that it was a difficult decision to reach, but was made in conjunction with input from all eight clubs involved in the competition.

"This decision was not made lightly," Ms Warren said. "FSCFA has a duty of care to all of our members and part of this is to ensure we are not putting players at risk."

Ms Warren emphasised that it was a difficult decision to make, but six of eight clubs voted to cancel the season based on the welfare of their players and volunteers.

"There wasn't any backlash, everyone was very understanding and knew the majority vote would make the decision and they felt comfortable with that," she said.

"The general consensus was that six of the eight clubs would prefer to run internal activities with their members and there were limiting factors around the number of volunteers."

A majority of the concern was focused around the potential return of junior football, not the senior competition, where new regulations mean only one parent can drop players to the ground.

"We didn't want to put anyone at risk - especially with the challenges of complying with the regulations," Ms Warren said. "People have been through quite a lot already this year."

Ms Warren said two clubs had been eager to go ahead with a shortened season, but it was all but impossible to run a competition for two clubs.

"Two clubs would have loved to continue, but it just wasn't viable - we've had clubs lose committee members and players."

Ms Warren is a member of the Mallacoota Club and said Victorian state regulations also differed from NSW and their juniors had not returned to school yet.

Clubs are still able to hold in-house activities and following the guidelines released by the State Government games can go ahead.

Ms Warren said she understood there could be some frustration with the decision, but reiterated that it was a tough call to make and clubs had come to the decision based on the safety of their players and volunteers.

"I just want to make clear the decision was not made lightly. It was made by clubs putting their members first.

"It's not about stopping anything, it's just changing."

Ms Warren said the association and clubs were in planning and preparations to see a strong return to the field for 2021.