It was a minor detail in a Brownlow Medal count dominated by Matt Rowell and some of the AFL’s top midfielders. The 25-year-old copped four matches from the AFL and missed the Crows’ finals campaign after they lost in straight sets. But each time his name was called fans questioned just why he was not ineligible for the Brownlow. “Genuinely intrigued as to why Izak Rankine doesn’t have the red X next to his name at the Brownlow Medal,” one fan wrote. “Why isn’t Rankine ineligible?!?