Gerard Healy says: "Change the Brownlow rules"

[Take_a_Screamer]

Nice one Greggy, your fav boy Zach Merrett gets rubbed out last night so let's change the Brownlow rules.
"Oh, it was just a tackle gone wrong."
That way your fav boy is still eligible for the medal.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/essendon-bombers/afl-2023-zach-merrett-one-match-ban-tribunal-essendon-bombers-anzac-day-ineligible-for-brownlow-medal/news-story/4d57bdbe586b700934b40fab3325f02f

[David]

I'd be happy for the "fairest" provision to be removed and for all players to be eligible regardless of suspensions, but making arbitrary midway distinctions like Healy suggests is absurd, and a typically nonsensical football media thought balloon that has no purpose other than driving clicks.

(Why are you calling him "Greg", by the way? Is it some inside joke?)

[WhyPhilWhy?]

And while you're at it, change the name.

Why deify a long-ago Geelong administrator in this day and age?

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

What, he wasn't a midfielder?

[David]

Right on cue (about Kane Cornes, but the point stands):

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/20/the-rise-of-loud-and-opinionated-afl-media-is-reflective-of-a-wider-malaise

[Jezza]

Another good article about the state of the AFL media.

https://themongrelpunt.com/afl-season-2023/2023/04/21/out-of-the-drain-how-do-we-stop-the-downward-spiral-of-the-afl-media/