A 28-year-old male footballer presents with acute left knee pain and mechanical locking after a twisting injury during a match. MRI sagittal view shows a vertical longitudinal tear of the structure marked **A** with an inner fragment displaced into the intercondylar notch, creating a "double PCL sign." Which of the following best describes why this injury pattern in structure **A** is more common than similar tears in the lateral meniscus?
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