Bears president Jodie Cooper believes that the game "owes it" to the players to try and get them on the field this season.
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Group 4 chairman Ray McCoy will recommend to his board on Tuesday night that the season be abandoned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
But Cooper said North Tamworth were prepared to play this year.
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He said the club had "spoken to our players and they're training - albeit with restrictions ... They're all reasonably fit".
"They're the ones who want to have a game of footy," he said.
"Again, we sort of owe it to them ... by backing them to have a game of footy.
"But if there's no footy to be played, you can't play, can you?"
In a post on Group 4's Facebook, McCoy said trying to launch the season would be "too hard".
He said: "With the social restrictions in place, the finance and sponsorship hardships our clubs are facing and our community safety concerns, I think that it's time to seriously consider aborting our 2020 season and moving forward to a strong and competitive 2021."
McCoy said that while the NSWRL "might be keen" to see Group 4's senior and junior competitions start this year, "as the governing body, time is not our hardest obstacle to overcome. It is the manpower and resources to safely administer the competition".
The NSWRL announced on Monday that it was "working towards final confirmation of a return to play of community football later this week".
Following Tuesday's board meeting, McCoy said the clubs would be consulted before a final decision on whether to launch or abandon the season was made.
He said: "Whilst I'm sure that a lot of players will be disappointed should we not hit the paddock this year, let me reassure them that their welfare and that of our community members remains our main concern."
Kootingal-Moonbi coach Geoff Sharpe recently told the Leader that the Roosters would not participate in a 2020 season if "full crowds" were not allowed at games, the club did not get at least five home games and a full eight-team first-grade competition was not staged.
In April, Werris Creek and Dungowan said they would sit out 2020 if crowds were not allowed at games.
On Monday Covid restrictions were further relaxed in NSW, but it is yet to be determined when community sport can resume.
Last month Central North Rugby Union announced the abandonment of its season, saying it did not want to "put players at risk, administrators at risk, as well as the community, by trying to fit something into a space that wasn't right".
At the same time, New England Rugby Union announced that it had set a July 18 start date for a truncated season.
AFL North West and the Northern Inland Football Federation are also eyeing season launches.
The NSWRL had expected confirmation of a return to play on Monday.
"We now expect confirmation on final guidelines and a framework to return to play is just days away and ask for you to please remain patient," the NSWRL said.
