IMO it's time the AFL employed a committee to vote alongside the umpires.
Ex premiership players and brownlow winners should be voting with the umpires. Just as umpiring decisions are made and missed so are acts of brilliance on the field. Ablett, Judd and now Swan have all won it in years where they were below their best every year, with other players having better years.
It was obvious that the umpires were looking to give Swan votes where they could because they missed him last year when he probably should have won it. Same with Ablett 2 years ago, and Judd is always found.
Time that the like of Matthews, Roos, Harvey, Williams give 50% of the votes along with the umpires 50%
