The AFL is looking to use microchip technology inside footballs to avoid umpiring errors.
The technology would aim to get rid of contentious umpiring decisions and provide clarity for fans and players, by determining the location of a ball and when a ball has been touched.
The technology could be ready at some stage this season.
Sports broadcaster and former president of Fox Sports, David Hill, is the man behind the idea.
Speaking to Channel 7, Hill revealed that the technology could be ready in weeks.
"We are conducting experiments with chips in the ball... we hope we will have something in a matter of weeks," Hill said.
AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said the technology was currently undergoing a testing process.
"So if the ball-chip technology is an example, and it works and doesn't affect the flight of the ball in any way, we'll use it," McLachlan said.
Even though we are only in Round 3, the technology has proved it could be highly useful, after confusion surrounded the Fremantle v North Melbourne game last weekend.
The ball appeared to go out of bounds after the siren went, yet on the broadcast screen it looked as though the ball had crossed before the siren went.
The AFL ticked off the decision after the game, but contention still remains over the result in the single point victory.
