Re: Brownlow Medal Thread 2019: Can Crippa get it?
Reply #24 –
I heard Liam Lenton talking about Brownlow Medal voting bias on the wireless today. Here’s an excerpt from his article in the Conversation:
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 about the science of evaluating performance in any organisation. In any job, all other things being equal, a performance appraisal may be better (all else equal) once you have worked your way up the corporate ladder. In a perfect meritocracy this would not be the case.
It’s an interesting analysis and the conclusions seem to reflect the data - even though not many skippers have won recently.