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Newcastle's previous two owners, Con Constantine and Nathan Tinkler, both had their franchise licenses terminated when they experienced financial hardship and were unable to pay players and staff.
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McKinna said this was a "totally different" scenario, because Football Federation Australia's decision to shut down the competition, on government advice, had caused cash-flow problems for all clubs.
"At the moment we've stood everyone down until April 22nd, which is the date the competition has been postponed until," he said.
"We'll obviously get direction from the FFA and A-League closer to that date.
"There are a lot of things up in the air that are out of our hands.
"We're just waiting to see what happens with FFA and Fox and things like that.
"Hopefully for the good of the game, Fox, FFA, the A-League and PFA can all get together and make it work ... all the clubs rely on the Fox money to pay the wages."
McKinna said a "skeleton staff" of Newcastle's administration personnel will continue working, on reduced hours.
Players have been given individual programs to keep fit in isolation, in the unlikely instance that the season is able to resume.
