If the most memorable moment out of your code's "night of nights" doesn't even involve the winner, you've got a problem.

This is where the AFL is at with the Brownlow Medal after another bizarre count led to more questions about the voting process and whether the umpires should still be in charge of deciding who wins the award.

The moment in question arrived towards the back end of what was at that point an exciting count as the eventual Brownlow Medal winner, Matt Rowell , held off his closest challenger, Nick Daicos.

When Round 20 arrived, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon — who reads the votes from each game — had increased his already breakneck reading speed, particularly for games not involving contenders like Rowell and Daicos.

Dillon was buzzing through the St Kilda – Melbourne game, bet

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