is it true that if your suspended, your not in contention of winning it?
No you lose 3 points for every match you miss through suspension. Get suspended a 2nd time and you can't win it.
its use to be the rule, isnt the case anymore. I 'think' the rule change ultimately led to another johns dally m
The rule change wasn't anything to do with Johns. The Johns haters just keep bringing that up. Yes Johns was one of the players not eligible to win that year, because he was suspended. But there were also around 10 other top-class players who weren't eligible. It was changed so a 2nd rate nobody wouldn't win the award again.