The AFL has ruled out the inclusion of match statistics as part of the Brownlow medal voting process.
It has become a huge talking point the umpires should be handed game stats to assist with their decision-making, providing the adjudicators as much context as possible.
However, according to theย Herald Sun's Jon Ralph, league CEO Andrew Dillon will not make any changes to the rules and regulations of the voting, subsequently backing the umpires and their decisions.
"We trust our umpires implicitly. They are professional, elite athletes (and) incredible decision-makers,โ Dillon said.
"In relation to the stats, it's something that we look at at the end of each year.
"We spoke to the umpiring group at the end of last season and the consensus from the umpires was that they were comfortable making the calls on the 3-2-1 without access to statistics. Again, at the end of the year, we'll review all the rules and regulations."
It comes as on-lookers witnessed multiple questionable results in last year's count, which saw Patrick Cripps thrash the previous record of 36 with 45 votes of his own, followed by Nick Daicos' 38.
Fellow favourites Marcus Bontempelli and Lachie Neale were left with much lower tallies than most expected, claiming 19 and 22 respectively on the night.
Bontempelli missed out on any votes in a loss to Melbourne despite registering 32 touches, 11 clearances and two goals in Round 2.
Port Adelaide's Zak Butters faced the same fate regardless of his 34-disposal, seven-clearance and one-goal effort on the same weekend.
Cripps famously was awarded two votes in a game where collected 19 possessions and kicked at a measly 13 per cent efficiency.
Similarly, Daicos claimed a solitary vote in the King's Birthday clash after 15 disposals, but was subbed out of the match due to an ankle injury and was well-held by Alex Neal-Bullen before that.
His brother, Josh, gathered 34 touches, 10 marks and six clearances but was overlooked.
