Brownlow Medal eligibility should be altered to permit suspended players to win it, according to previous winners Chris Judd and Mark Ricciuto.

The annual discussion has been brought into sharp focus again this week with the suspension of leading medal contender and former Brownlow winner Nat Fyfe for striking Levi Greenwood.

Out of contention: Fremantle's Nat Fyfe. Credit:AAP

The 2015 winner was runner-up to Matthew Priddis in 2014 when he was also ruled ineligible because of suspension. Last year Patty Dangerfield, another former winner, was also runner-up when ineligible to win the medal.

Judd said the eligibility rules should be altered to permit a suspended player to win.