Wins over Mornington Peninsula's under-16 boys and girls representative sides in March were as far as the NTJFA got before the coronavirus outbreak threatened an end to the season.

But a positive meeting on Tuesday night, buoyed by parents and players' enthusiasm for a season, has a return loosely slated for seven weeks' time.

President Paul House said the NTJFA was considering a season which would begin with 10 home and away games and wrap up with a finals series finishing in early October.

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"The NTJFA play on Sundays, so Sunday the 19th would be a goal date to start," House said.

"Whether it can - that's going to be dependent on some of the government restrictions and making sure our clubs still have the desire to do that.

"Some clubs may struggle to put the normal number of teams in.

"We know this is going to be a different year, but if we make sure that everything's really well-placed for next season to continue growth, that'd be great."

The NTJFA caters for boys aged nine to 16 and girls aged nine to 17.

The league registered 86 teams and more than 1850 players last season and featured sides from all parts of the North including East Coast, Deloraine, George Town and Scottsdale.

Ninety teams had registered for the 2020 season before the outbreak hit.

House said football provided a positive outlet for many youths and explained how getting a 2020 season under way would assist in the pathway from junior to senior football.

"To be able to give the kids an avenue to get out and play footy, that's really important," House said.

"The conversation we had on Tuesday night was around the fact our under-16 boys and under-17 girls, quite a few of them are finishing their junior careers and it would be sad if they couldn't get a chance to finish the season out.

"From a football point of view, we're really conscious we want to try and keep as many people as we can and for those kids graduating out of juniors to give them a path into seniors and keep the momentum up so they want to go and play senior football next year."

Should restrictions be eased as planned on June 15 and July 13, football's next step will be to negotiate venues with the summer sports.

House said discussions with other sporting bodies had been very positive so far.

"AFL Tasmania has done some negotiating around ground availability with some of the summer sports," he said.

"Cricket Tasmania are looking at potentially starting their seasons a bit later to give us some ground availability in October.

"Other summer sports have been really accommodating and they realise that the word has been that everybody's got to take the pain."