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The media had been hyping him up due to his run fast playstyle (ignoring that he shanked the kicks). The umpires ultimately drank that koolaid and turned the brownlow into a joke of an award.

Everyone previously had been winning with low to mid 20s, then Judd won with 30. People should've been talking about how great of a season it was, but ultimately his footballing performance couldn't back up the vote tally.
So they focus on the slutty dress rather than confronting that he got charity votes.

Judd's 2004 medal is seen the same as Cripps' 2024 medal with 45 votes.

2000: 24 (Woewoedin)
2001: 25 (Akermanis)
2002: 25 (Black)
2003: 22 (Ricciuto/Buckley/Goodes)
2004: 30 (Judd)
2005: 20 (Cousins)

Lots of great names and deserved winners on that list, with one big notable fraud.