Tonight is the AFL’s annual night of nights, the red-carpet spectacular known as the Brownlow Medal vote count. The Brownlow is awarded to the season’s “fairest and best” player. But is the way the medal gets decided really the fairest? Research I’ve done with Aaron Smith of Loughborough University suggests footballers don’t compete for the Brownlow on a perfectly level playing field. There’s a slight bias towards team leaders. As a sports economist, I’m fascinated by what the Brownlow Medal count can tell us […]
Fairest and best? Status counts in the Brownlow Medal
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