Every time one of the Brownlow favourites is either suspended or at risk of being cited for an incident by the Match Review Panel, the same debate emerges.

Fans, media personalities and players alike debate whether or not a suspension should rule a player out of being judged the best player in the competition and winning the Brownlow Medal.

The Medal is awarded to the player adjudged the best and FAIREST of the season, which implies that any suspension should rule a player out of winning the award. However, with often innocuous incidents these days receiving a suspension, is it time to do away with the tradition?

The debate reared its head again this weekend, with Geelong star and Brownlow Medal favourite, Patrick Dangerfield, potentially in hot water after Carlton ruckman Matthew Kreuzer was concussed following a Dangerfield tackle.

If Dangerfield is suspended for an action, that was not necessarily inherently violent or malicious, but rather a "beautiful tackle", as it was described by former player, Adam Cooney, does it warrant him to be ineligible for the Brownlow Medal?

Greater Western Sydney veteran Steve Johnson doesn't think so.

Johnson believes the AFL should implement a new system, suggesting a player should only be ineligible for the award if he is suspended for three matches or more.

"Simple solution - make Brownlow ineligible for players suspended three+ weeks, that way right calls will be made and fair for all teams involved," Johnson wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

Dangerfield will learn his fate when the Match Review Panel results are released on Monday afternoon.