The working party, which includes Essendon's Jobe Watson and Richmond's Dan Jackson, met last week to frame a discussion paper to gather feedback from clubs.
On Thursday, the AFL sent clubs a memo posing a set of questions about the structure of future AFL pre-seasons.
Clubs are expected to respond within a fortnight as to how players with different experience might be treated, whether older players should return later and what conditions might be put into place to manage players in injury rehabilitation.
Those at the meeting were said to be open-minded about the prospect of introducing measures to the upcoming pre-season, as long as clubs are able to honour pre-existing commitments.
The working party, chaired by AFL football operations manager Mark Evans, met last week after being convened following the AFL CEOs meeting held in late May.
Nine clubs were represented on the working party, with representatives including Watson and Jackson; high performance managers Andrew Russell (Hawthorn), Bill Davoren (St Kilda) and Darren Burgess (Port Adelaide); AFLPA representative Ian Prendergast; and club CEOs and football managers.
Evans said clubs were keen to ensure any new system balanced the development needs of both younger and older players.
He said while the discussion was productive, the working party had not yet determined anything and had merely developed a framework for clubs to discuss the issue internally.
Evans expected diverging opinions within clubs and hoped the consultation process would lead to a range of views being tabled.
"We expect that there will be a variety of opinion within each club so now there is the chance for the clubs to provide their thoughts back to us," Evans told AFL.com.au.
The captains put the issue on the agenda during their pre-season meeting with the AFL Commission, leading to a player wellbeing summit held in January.
AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou has since championed the issue and made it clear to all in the football industry that player work-life balance is being treated seriously.
The evidence-based 12-week calculation produced by conditioning experts will prove critical to the discussion about the future pre-season structure, as the AFL considers starting its season earlier in order to compete with the NRL.
Many believe a staggered start to the season might be appropriate and many clubs are of the view that any system would operate better if any division of players based on their experience was restricted to two groups.
Once the feedback is summarised, the working party is expected to convene again to determine recommendations.
