There will be no community football played in Geelong this year.
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A decision was announced today that the four football leagues that fall under the AFL Barwon umbrella have had their season's cancelled.
This involves the Geelong, Geelong District, Bellarine and Colac District football leagues.
There will be no netball played in those leagues either.
The GFL is the first major country competition to be abandoned and is undoubtedly the most powerful.
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While this does not directly affect Ballarat football, it means the attention now turns to the Ballarat and Central Highlands football leagues.
The BFNL has set a June 26 deadline by which it will make a decision, while the CHFL is understood to be in favour of playing, at least in some format.
"Clubs were fully supportive of a united approach to the outcome of the 2020 senior football and netball premiership seasons," AFL Barwon said in a statement.
"All governing bodies/leagues remain committed to providing alternative competition models in a modified format for both senior football and netball, which will continue to be canvassed with the clubs and developed over the coming weeks.
"All governing bodies/leagues also remain committed to conducting junior football, junior netball and senior female football competitions in 2020 and believe all players should be given the opportunity to play in some capacity safely in 2020, if they opt to do so with the support of their club."
