09-23-2019, 10:12 AM
I heard Liam Lenton talking about Brownlow Medal voting bias on the wireless today. Here’s an excerpt from his article in the Conversation:
It’s an interesting analysis and the conclusions seem to reflect the data - even though not many skippers have won recently.
Quote: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.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball