I'd do a large consensus MVP award, and have that as the most prestigious award.
The coaches, a wide media selection panel, ex player expert panel, umpires, and exclude the players from this one.
Get them all to vote on their yearly MVP from an entire season perspective, quarterly though the season they vote 1-10. So 10 points for best player down to 1 for 10th, Tally all the results quarterly or at the halfway mark and end of year. with a large selection panel you reduce the effect of bias significantly.
By end or year we have a pretty large tally, but we should have a pretty good result of the majority best player.
We can still have a per game umpire award called the Brownlow, I would just make this new award the more glamorous showpiece one.
The coaches, a wide media selection panel, ex player expert panel, umpires, and exclude the players from this one.
Get them all to vote on their yearly MVP from an entire season perspective, quarterly though the season they vote 1-10. So 10 points for best player down to 1 for 10th, Tally all the results quarterly or at the halfway mark and end of year. with a large selection panel you reduce the effect of bias significantly.
By end or year we have a pretty large tally, but we should have a pretty good result of the majority best player.
We can still have a per game umpire award called the Brownlow, I would just make this new award the more glamorous showpiece one.