The AFL is looking at introducing a challenge system for score reviews similar to that used in cricket.
Rather than umpires, players could call for a review on a decision and it would be sent to the third umpire.
AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has confirmed that the discussion is being held and they are considering whether it would work.
Speaking to Gerard Whateley this week, McLachlan suggested the decision could fall to players.
"I do look at cricket and how many reviews you get. So then if you put it back on the player, 'I actually did touch that', and to push it back so to share the responsibility," he said on SEN's Whateley.
“So that's something we've discussed and obviously I don't know if it's got merit or not but it's something that's part of the process piece to put it back on players and clubs.”
On Wednesday night, Sportsday's Tom Morris went into greater depth on how the challenge system would work.
“So the players - you’d think in the AFL’s case it would be the captain of the team - having the ability to execute X amount of challenges per quarter or per game, and taking it out of the hands exclusively of the umpires.
“The same applied in cricket. If the umpire wasn’t sure for a while, they’d send it upstairs.”
This discussion has come after the AFL's Review Centre (ARC) failed to overturn a goal from Collingwood's Josh Thomas in last week's Preliminary Final despite it being touched by GWS utility Lachlan Keeffe.
