I am pleased that Dane Swan won the Brownlow last night.
BUT
All football fans loathe the umpires for their poor decision making and on field dramatics, but we give them the task of voting for the so-called best player of the year and give God-like status to the player voted for by these umpires.
Eddie Betts, a small forward who gets his own footy and kicks lots of hard earned goals polled 2 votes in a game that he kicked 8 goals in this year. The umpires' boyfriend, Chris Judd, polled the 3 votes in that game. During the same round Steven Milne, another small forward who wins his own footy, also kicked 8 goals but he got the 3 votes.
Ablett gets 3 votes in games in which his side was thrashed and players from the winning side have dominated.
I would love someone like Mike Sheahan to go through the votes and game videos to investigate whether particular umpires are ALWAYS giving the same players the votes.
Judd winning it last year was a disgrace and I am sure that many umpires are embarrassed by the lack of votes for magnificent players who had a magnificent season.
