Last week, Aitana Bonmati won her third consecutive Ballon d’Or – essentially crowning her as the best player in the world for a third consecutive season. Understandably, that got the whole world talking about how we judge individual awards in soccer and what it means to be at the top of that list? The Full Time podcast included. So, on this week's Full Time podcast, hosts Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan are joined by esteemed panel of guests, including Ballon d'Or voters Annie Peterson and Soph Downey, and The Guardian Top 100 Women's Footballers coordinator Rich Laverty, to try and figure out whether we can fix women's soccer awards voting.What issues currently exist in the voting format? How are biases exposed in the voting and the awards themselves? Is is it even possible to be objective? And, what role does accessibility and national team performance in determining which players get their flowers?_______________Referenced on the showBallon d’Or voting: Dembele’s dominance, how Bonmati won and other key takeawaysAitana Bonmati’s third consecutive Ballon d’Or exposes voting flawsHow Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati won top 2025 Ballon d’Or awards at Paris ceremonyThe Ballon d’Or and why football has become so obsessed with individual awardsWhat it’s like to vote for Ballon d’Or Feminin: The Athletic’s Steph Yang shares some insight______________HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg LinehanGUESTS: Annie Peterson, Soph Downey, Rich LavertyPRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-HughesVIDEO PRODUCER: Lia GriffinEXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen_______________Get in touch: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltimeSubscribe to the Full Time newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠Visit the Yahoo Women's Sports hub ⁠⁠here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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