AFL Rd 7 2022 Post Game Permutations Carlton vs North Melbourne

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But sometimes the apparent inconsistency is explained by prior opportunity or the lack of it. This adds a layer to the decision-making process and that means more room for mistakes from umpires. Trying to dumb down the rules to make it easier for the umpire to adjudicate isn't necessarily the answer.  For instance, It'd make it easier for cricket umpires if they did away with the exclusion of balls which bounce outside the leg stump or balls which make contact outside the line of off-stump where the batsman plays a shot, but that would introduce other problems.