In light of recent events, this got me curious.
We know that Ballon d’Or was recently held and they have decided to crown Rodiri as the winner. Now, I don’t want to hear whether he deserved it or not or should it have been vini. This post is not to discuss that but, I want to know if this award really is objective and reflective of the best performing athlete in terms of football.
It has been said that the winner is decided by 100 journalists each picking their top 10 players of the year. Is it possible that these journalists may be affected by some personal bias or patriotism? How objective is this award and is this deciding method really the best?
The clear answer is it's not objective. There are no ranking where points add up where your achievements gives you points. The nomination on the other hand is merit based.
They do make a ranking based on players performance to list nomination but the winner is determined by voting from various sports journalist, one from each nation that provide a list of 5 of their favourite which gets 6 to 1 points depending on the ranking order. The player that gets the most vote wins. It's like reality shows, where the mass favourite or the one who pays wins.