Hopes remain high that it can be resumed as early as next month but the rapid spread of the virus is likely to mean that no more games in the 2019-20 campaign will be played,and the implications of that will be significant.
The biggest hit may come from Fox,the A-League's unhappy broadcasters. Players have already expressed fears that Fox could tear up its contract in response to any hiatus to domestic football,and the organisation is yet to provide any public undertaking that it will not do so.
There are three seasons left to run on the $56 million-per-year deal that effectively bankrolls the professional game in Australia and Fox has been dissatisfied with the arrangement for some time.
Sources at FFA indicated the next instalment from Fox - which is carved up and forwarded onto clubs every month - is due to arrive next month. Whether it actually lands remains to be seen,and there is trepidation among many in the game about what may happen in the coming weeks.
'If anyone takes advantage of this situation ... well,look yourself in the mirror,that's all I can say.'
Paul Lederer
Lederer,who also heads up the A-League club owners'representative body,the Australian Professional Football Clubs Association,said there was no room for any predatory behaviour across any aspects of business and life during this grim world crisis.
"This is not a time to take advantage of one another,"Lederer told theHerald."That goes for Fox or anyone else. This is a one in 100 year scenario. Therefore we all have to come together - the only way we're going to get out is together.