Newcastle-bred former Matildas captain Kate Gill, now Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) deputy chief executive, was quick to voice her concerns that the W-League could be a casualty as the sport navigated its way through the financial burden of the coronavirus crisis.

Gill told AAP last month: "It'd be very easy for most clubs to put a line through the balance sheet and say, 'We can't do this anymore'."

Her concerns were then followed by other suggestions that the W-League loomed as the competition most likely to be scaled back after the A-League was put on hold until at least May 31 and players and staff from several clubs, including the Jets, stood down to reduce costs.

But McKinna told the Newcastle Herald this week that, while W-League discussions were not yet being had, that was not unusual for this time of year and he expected a competition to be held next summer and for the Jets to be part of it.

"You've got the [2023 FIFA Women's] World Cup bid, which is huge for the country. So, forget about football, it's huge for the economy, it's huge for the women's game and the growth of the women's game, which is going ahead in leaps and bounds, so it's even going to make it stronger," McKinna said.

"That's more fans for the A-League. It's more fans for the W-League, So, it's all those positivities coming up in the next few years. All of a sudden, if I'm FIFA or the people who are going to make decisions on where the women's World Cup goes, if the W-League is scrapped for a year, that's not a good message. I think there are bigger things than the balance sheet."

The W-League has attracted overseas talent since its inception in 2008 and has in many ways led the way for the women's game in recent time. There was hope the league might be expanded to a full home-and-away season for its next instalment - at the moment nine clubs play a 14-round competition - but that may not be the case. Player payments could also be affected.

"Does the W-League cost us money? Yes, it does. But the A-League costs us a lot more money. The Academy costs money," McKinna said.

"So, for the long run and the future of the club, do we need to cut costs? And that doesn't mean we have to cut spending. It actually means we have to get more money in through memberships, through sponsorships, through hopefully new TV deals.

"So, it's not always about cut, cut, cut. Everybody knows we can't cut our squads or cut anything any less. Maybe the players will need to take a bit of a pay cut. And that's W-League as well as A-League players, for the future."

The W-League, which finished in March and does not generally start until November, has made good ground in terms of professionalism in recent years with the minimum wage rising to $16,344 for 2019-20. In 2015-16, there was no minimum wage with some players earning reportedly less than $500.

W-League players are mostly signed to one-season deals with only five players believed to already be on contract for next season.

Newcastle fielded a low-budget team last campaign and were the only side without imports. A young and mostly home-grown squad gave some of the league's top sides a run for their money but ran out of legs to finish last on goal difference.

Long-serving Jet and co-captain Cassidy Davis was trying to remain optimistic about next season.

"Obviously the A-League is a priority at the moment and, if they can get that sorted, we'll have a bit more of an idea of what we'll be doing," Davis said.

"We've just got to keep fighting for what we deserve and not give up about it.

"There's heaps of questions over things, but all you can really do is wait and see what comes out of everything happening."