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Adrian Anderson on the "hands in the back rule": Research showed a significant majority of the 289 free kicks paid for hands-in-the-back clearly affected the outcome of marking contests. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22839458%255E19742,00.html
The Laws Committee considered "at length" a modification of the hands-in-the-back rule
Why is it so hard?
The Laws Committee considered "at length" a modification of the hands-in-the-back rule that would allow incidental contact, but felt it would make it impossible to umpire and would confuse fans.