Pass Rule 10

[ADwyer87]

This is my argument against this:

GMs and HO are unable to devote the necessary time required to do offseason awards justice, especially with the other offseason duties of their jobs proving far more present.

I hear this argument. I dont think its necessarily true. GMs have said it, but with the amount of discussion they've had about awards in the past, and the amount of discussion they put into the awards committee, i believe that to be totally false. On top of that, this is the same time we have the rules summit proposals. If the argument is that GMs cannot vote for awards simply because its offseason and its too much time, then I think it must be equally said that rules voting needs to be taken out of the GMs hands. No one is saying this, and i'm sure i'll be told that i'm being silly for saying this. But I dont see much of a difference.

It is incredibly common for voters to not fill out ballots, or worse, to fill out ballots without the requisite attention put into the candidates nominated. Many GMs simply nominate their team the whole way down the ballot, which disrupts the competitive balance of the system and results in many decisions that are ill-advised or controversial.

This is incredibly false. it is not common for voters to not fill out a ballot. Look at the fines in the past and the statement "incredibly common" is laughably false. Implying many GMs, or even a few GMs simply nominate their team the whole way down is also just not true and there is no way for you to have even an educated guess as to if that was the case.

EDIT: and just to be clear i do think GMs sometimes do favoritism, but the suggestion that many do it and that they do it across the board i think is just not true

The proposed awards committee would provide an easy solution. With an unbiased committee of non-GMs and HO, whose sole job is to select the best candidates for each award, there can be much more actual discussion and debate going into each pick. No team bias, no straight copying of other ballots, and no absenteeism.

People bring this up every time. I dont know if they look over it or just dont see it. But an awards committee fixes exactly none of this. Team bias will still be just active, copying ballots will still be equally as likely as the current system, and people will still get just as upset at the results. Also implying this is in any way easy is not true

A small committee with a tight focus, qualified members, and (ideally) open ballots could put an end to the malaise and lack of transparency with our current system.

This again. So you're saying GMs and HO are not qualified? I think that is a crazy statement to make. open ballots, why is that something only an awards committee can solve? So many of the issues brought up are things that can be solved within the current system. We dont need a separare awards committee for this, we can fix it right here and now. In fact we have been taking steps to fix it throuhg the last 3 seasons.