I'm a little confused here: are they talking about moving the next season forward or back? The article on womens.afl says an 'earlier' start, but surely they're not going to play another season this year. Delaying the 2023 season until August makes way more sense if that's when they're planning to get going.
I don't think they want to have 18 months between seasons. Just as new expansion clubs enter the league and start recruiting players, then they wait 18 months to play? Wouldn't make sense.