Roast The Brownlow has no credibility left

[Madas]

imagine running up and down an oval for 2 hours, constantly stopping to stare at guys' feet to make sure they don't take even the slightest step off the mark, honing your mind-reading powers to judge "intent," juggling the 3 new rule interpretations the officials drummed into you during the week, trying to make sure you don't botch the bounces and throws too badly, constantly mentally steeling yourself against the 20-30k rabid flogs screaming insults at you, and then being asked who played well. you wouldn't know! you'd just default to the big name who you saw marching it out of your stoppages. why do they still make the umpires vote on it?

Like, it's not a slight or an insult or taking anything away from them. This isn't a suburban league anymore, they can employ full time officials who can focus on who's playing well and assign votes for the league B&F. It doesn't have to be the umpires medal, I think it's honestly unfair to put that extra strain on them. 45 votes for Cripps is beyond ridiculous but honestly 38 for Daicos is too, getting 30 votes used to be a crazy blowout and it's not like the league was just way more even 10-20 years ago. These are the numbers you get when the umpire isn't sure who to give votes to so they just pick the most obvious players that get the most media attention.

Agree
I umpire and I hate doing votes
Rather focus on what I’m doing and get better at it
It’s just a distraction and should be adjudicated by someone who is looking solely for the best players

 

[Drought Break]

Only way of fixing this is industrial action. Key backs such as AA weitering with zero votes to go on strike and refuse to tackle or spoil. The lazy arsed mid fielders who get all the glory should run both ways and do this work.

 

[Farm Boy]

CEO’s wife said Bont wasn’t in the mix. He drifted in the market after that, and, polled accordingly. Box ain’t locked. It leaks.


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[Biggy_Boy]

CEO’s wife said Bont wasn’t in the mix. He drifted in the market after that, and, polled accordingly. Box ain’t locked. It leaks.


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They know ahead of time who's going to win. They do stuff like "accidentally" put Nick Daicos Brownlow merch up to attract betting money for their partners.