07-26-2020, 10:55 PMDuff101 Wrote:

07-26-2020, 10:53 PMCampinKiller Wrote: Because then people will attempt to influence the results by raking people's ballots thru the coals. They will insult, belittle, and rip into anyone who voted in a manner they didn't like.

In other words, people will be assholes if they knew who voted for who

How would it influence the results if its done after the fact? Also again, if you voted for someone you should be able to defend them.

Say I vote for player A, who was just as likely to win an award as player B. The teammates and friends of player B come out and harass me, causing a shitstorm, etc, and disregard my explanations because they don’t like it. Now next season, I’m faced with the same choice and vote for Player B because I avoid the shitstorm.

Alternatively, say I vote for someone’s player and that person has a controversial reputation. It shouldn’t factor into the decision, but people come and attack me for doing it. Same result as before.

People won’t be defending their choices, they’ll be crucified for them