The Latrobe product, one of the stars of the competition for both Burnie and Glenorchy in her career, has opened up about her fears for the women's game in what is a period of great uncertainty.

North Launceston's decision not to field a team in 2021 along with funding worries after players were asked to raise their own funds for their football program means there are great doubts whether a state league will be run.

TSLW teams would then be forced to drop back to regional competitions.

"I am just kind of shocked considering how much we have built it up to likely have it taken away in one swift motion,'' said Skinner, who won the league best and fairest and goal kicking awards in 2020 and is a regular in the team of the year.

"I feel like there hasn't been enough communication between the league and the players and I'd like to know what they have tried to do to try to keep it."

Skinner, who upon winning this year's competition best and fairest declared her AFLW dreams were still alive, said her greatest fears were for those in the 17-21 age bracket.

"Even though they do have the NAB League, some of those girls have only just started playing football so when they go away in the NAB League they are not fully developed yet and they can't continue to develop in a regional league playing against regional players,'' she said.

"You have a platform with the TSLW to play against the best players in the state and that is where you do improve rather than just a few NAB League games as you learn against experienced players, especially those who have played in the AFLW.

"I do also feel for the girls who are over the NAB League age, as when I was that age there was absolutely no pathway whatsoever for us, so there has been a gap for those who are aged 21 onwards as there has been no pathway for us, and now what we do have [the TSLW] is being taken away from us."

Skinner, 21, also forecast overall damage to the game if the more elite players were forced back into regional competitions, considering the players in those leagues comparatively "just want to play for fun" and potential heavy defeats to TSLW teams would rob them of that.

"We will also lose girls if the very best talent is not playing in the state as well, as they would need to go to Victoria [to get noticed],'' she said.

Skinner said she would stick with Glenorchy no matter what happens in 2021.

She made it clear she wasn't "having a dig at AFL Tasmania" as "it is not their fault they don't have enough funding".

"But I wish AFL Tas would seek more support than having the girls asked to raise their own funds like we did,'' she said.

Skinner's former club Burnie had five players, Emma Humphries, Brittany Gibson, Ellyse Gamble and Chloe and Libby Haines, drafted from the TSLW.