2016 Brownlow Medal

December 2017 December 2017 2016 Brownlow Medal PatrickDangerfieldMarch2016.JPG 200px 2016 Brownlow Medallist, Patrick Dangerfield 26 September Crown Palladium Winner Patrick Dangerfield ()35 votes Seven NetworkFox FootyTelstra Bruce McAvaney 2015 Brownlow Medal 2017 The 2016 Brownlow Medal was the 89th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.AFL Record Season Guide 2016 Lovett, Michael Slattery Media Group Docklands, Victoria 593 Patrick Dangerfield of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-five votes during the 2016 AFL season, at the time the most by any player under the 3-2-1 voting system, beating the previous record of 34 votes set by Dane Swan in 2011.http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-26/patrick-dangerfield-wins-2016-brownlow-medal Patrick Dangerfield breaks all-time votes record to seal Brownlow Medal Schmook Nathan 26 September 2016 AFL.com.au Telstra Media 26 September 2016 Leading vote-getters Player Votes 1st Patrick Dangerfield () 35 2nd Luke Parker () 26 3rd Dustin Martin () 25 Rory Sloane ()* 24=4th Andrew Gaff () 21 Dan Hannebery () Adam Treloar ()=7th Marcus Bontempelli () 20 Lachie Neale ()=9th Robbie Gray () 19 Zach Merrett () Nick Riewoldt () * The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year. Voting procedure The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au http://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/brownlow/about-the-brownlow 27 August 2018 afl.com.au A change was made in 2015 to the rules under which players could become ineligible for the Brownlow Medal. Under previous rules, players were ineligible if found guilty at the AFL Tribunal of an offence with a base penalty equal to or greater than a one-match suspension, even if the player then avoided suspension by taking an early guilty plea after the Match Review Panel's findings. Under the rules:http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-25/brownlow-medal-shakeup The Nat Fyfe rule: Brownlow Medal shake-up Nathan Schmook 25 November 2015 14 September 2015 Australian Football League The penalty for all low-end offences for which a player could previously have received a reprimand but avoided suspension was changed to a $1000 fine for the first offence within a season, a $1500 fine for the second offence within a season, and a one-match suspension for the third offence within a season Players would become ineligible for the Brownlow medal only if they incurred a suspension References Category:2016 AFL season 2016