It's been reported it could be for between one and three rounds with a decision to be made in the coming days.
''We haven't made a final decision at this point, obviously there is a few things to be worked out,'' AFL spokesman Patrick Keane told The Age's Matt Murnane.
''Hopefully we can do it. But if we do it, it will be over a single round. It certainly won't be over multiple weeks.''
Harvey has been on the record saying the idea is a 'no brainer' saying it would create a greater connection between players and fans.
''All the sports I watch, they all have their names on the back,'' he said.
''It's not so much for guys like myself who have been around a long time - people know who we are.
''But there are so many players who swap and change teams now with free agency ? guys getting delisted, new guys getting drafted, rookies getting promoted - just the change of numbers through the season - I reckon the fans would appreciate it.''
''I reckon it's a big goer, it just makes sense.
''I know when I go and watch the opposition, if I see a young guy I don't know, straightaway you look down at the AFL Record.
''Now, you do that 10 times a quarter, then you're missing all the action. I just think it's a no-brainer.''
Kevin Sheedy is also a believer in the initiative.
''It's that simple that we sometimes miss what should be obvious,'' the four-time premiership coach said last year.
''In a basic case like Gold Coast or Greater Western Sydney - god, you think you would be doing it at 100 miles an hour, wouldn't you?
''A lot of people in New South Wales and Queensland wouldn't know who our best players are.
''When you see the bloke's name on the back of the jumper, then you follow him.
''Don't we want to be promoting a name like Lance Franklin? Not No. 23. It's hard to Google a number, isn't it?
''We want to get crowds and we want them to know what our players' names are.
''You don't see Bunnings Warehouse running around Australia without its name on its logo, do you?''
''We've got to learn quicker than this, and the AFL will talk about marketing and how it's a point of difference for them,'' he said.
''But the best way to talk about it is the 'fors' and 'againsts', and the 'fors' would be a hell of a lot more than the 'againsts', surely?
''The AFL will have to listen to the fans sooner or later.''
Harvey agreed.
''They trial every other rule or change [in the pre-season competition], so why not this?'' the Kangaroo veteran said.
''It would be fascinating to have our names on our jumpers just for the NAB Cup, and then do a little survey just to see what the fans thought - we put on the show for them, so they should get a little bit of a say.''
