AFL commentary legend Dennis Cometti has called for the league not to award a premiership or Brownlow Medal in the 2020 season.
The competition is currently shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with plans to restart on June 11 in what many believe will be a compromised season.
No crowds, fewer matches and shortened quarters are just some of the changes that have already been made to the campaign.
Speaking on Perth's Mix 94.5 radio, Cometti believes the season has lost all prestige, and as such, major awards should not be given out.
“I can understand all that’s going on here, but I don’t think there should be a premiership or a Brownlow Medal,” he told Mix 94.5 radio in Perth.
“I just feel strongly about that because this is a standalone world event, this isn’t over.
“So playing says more about Australia’s spirit than it does a cup or a medal. I think they should just drop the idea of it being a competition because it is so lop-sided, so strange and who knows what they’re doing in two weeks time.
“I don’t think you can have a real serious competition based on what is pretty flimsy ground.
“Exhibition games would sort of be the way I would describe them.
“The best players are playing, but at the same time, these players are going to be finding these surrounds and everything they’re doing out of character so it’s going to be a tough time for them.
“Everyone thinks of them of being an elite group because of what they’ve done so far and that is break what most people are doing, so I don’t think they’d be much on the football ball, if you like, they wouldn’t be thinking about football and I don’t think they’d be approaching it the same way.
“As a football man I just think this would be a very awkward situation to be in, particularly if you’re playing golf with someone you’re playing against next weekend.”
