Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:45 am Post subject: The 2005 Brownlow Medalist is -
The 2005 Browlow Medal has been won by Ben Cousins of the West Coast Eagles - he defeated his team mate Daniel Kerr by just one vote...
Ben is a worthy winner and it's about bloody time he won it - now if they can win on Saturday( the AFL Grand Final ) that would really top his year...
For our American friends the Brownlow Medal is for the Best and Fairest (MVP) player over the full season as voted by the umpires...
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:23 am Post subject: Re: The 2005 Brownlow Medalist is -
Gringo69 wrote:
The 2005 Browlow Medal has been won by Ben Cousins of the West Coast Eagles - he defeated his team mate Daniel Kerr by just one vote...
Ben is a worthy winner and it's about bloody time he won it - now if they can win on Saturday( the AFL Grand Final ) that would really top his year...
For our American friends the Brownlow Medal is for the Best and Fairest (MVP) player over the full season as voted by the umpires...
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: The 2005 Brownlow Medalist is -
Mike wrote:
Gringo69 wrote:
The 2005 Browlow Medal has been won by Ben Cousins of the West Coast Eagles - he defeated his team mate Daniel Kerr by just one vote...
Ben is a worthy winner and it's about bloody time he won it - now if they can win on Saturday( the AFL Grand Final ) that would really top his year...
For our American friends the Brownlow Medal is for the Best and Fairest (MVP) player over the full season as voted by the umpires...
Voted by the umpires?? Not a bad way to select. Do stats matter that much?
The Bronlow Medal is for the best and fairest player .
Stats don't mean much under those criteria. (Case in point - Bonds, Clemens, Ramirez. Great stats but all ****heads).
Go the Weagles I say. Not because I like them but I know it will cheese off all the Victorians.
***heads they may be but they are among the best the sport has to offer.
Fairest player? What does that mean? he plays clean? No quick right hand chops when none is looking?--no stomping?? _________________ Asia Expats Forum Expat Friends Dating
***heads they may be but they are among the best the sport has to offer.
Fairest player? What does that mean? he plays clean? No quick right hand chops when none is looking?--no stomping??
More to it than that. The winning player should be sportsmanlike, not backchat the umpires, not sledge the opposing players too personally and generally be a good role model on the field for the litt'luns
Combine that in a player of the caliber of Bonds, Clemens, Sheffield et al and you have your Bronlow Medal winner.
So basically you have to be a top player and not behave like a ****head
***heads they may be but they are among the best the sport has to offer.
Fairest player? What does that mean? he plays clean? No quick right hand chops when none is looking?--no stomping??
More to it than that. The winning player should be sportsmanlike, not backchat the umpires, not sledge the opposing players too personally and generally be a good role model on the field for the litt'luns
Combine that in a player of the caliber of Bonds, Clemens, Sheffield et al and you have your Bronlow Medal winner.
So basically you have to be a top player and not behave like a ****head
When did they start giving a medal for being a brownose ?????
Next thing there will be a suckup medal
thats why they call it the brownlow--you have to stoop down so low as to get your nose brown in someone's andreas fault _________________ Asia Expats Forum Expat Friends Dating
Nothing to do with brown nosers or drug/steroid cheats...
The Charles Brownlow Medal is an annual medal awarded by the Australian Football League to the "best and fairest" player of the year. It is named after Charles Brownlow - it was formaly Champion of The Colony until 1924.
After each match, the three field umpires (the ones controlling the game) confer and award 3, 2 and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively. On the awards night, the votes over the 22-round home and away (regular) season are tallied and the eligible player with the highest number of votes is awarded the medal. In the past, ties were decided on a countback system, but nowadays it is possible for multiple medals to be awarded in the event of a tie. In fact, the 2003 season saw a three-way tie.
The integrity of the award is upheld by the tight security and secrecy surrounding the votes. Once the umpires make their decision, the votes are locked away and transported by armoured security vehicles. No one except the three umpires know exactly who has been voted for, and as different umpires vote on different games, no one can be sure of who will win. Unlike most award ceremonies, the votes are not tallied or even opened until they are actually announced on the night, so the secrecy and surprise is maintained until late on the actual night, sometimes not even until the final round votes are announced.
Players who are suspended at some time during the season by the AFL's disclipinary tribunal for serious on-field offences (for instance, punching another player) are ineligible for the award. Suspended players have tallied the highest number of votes for the award on several occasions.
One of my colleagues at work here is an ex pro AFL player-ill see what he thinks about about all this Brownlow business _________________ Asia Expats Forum Expat Friends Dating
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