Pass Rule 10

[manicmav36]

The current system does not work. 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. 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.

I won't address the comment about voters not filling out ballots again as Dwyer already did but, I will address the statement that GMs don't devote time to their ballots and that they vote strictly for their own team.

Every off-season, when the awards voting post is made, there is a solid discussion among GMs for at least 48 hours almost entirely devoted to award candidates. To say there is no thought put into their ballots is just outright wrong. Even worse, though, is the claim that GMs just vote their team down ballot. I've been involved in the awards voting process since S7 and have seen a GM do that exactly once. The blowback from other GMs was so strong, that they ended up changing their ballot completely. Please stop perpetuating this blatant falsehood.