I wonder how The Best and Ballon d'Or would be like after Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi retire. I doubt it will have so many eyes on it.
In my opinion, a fair way to go by is either pick the best XI and call it a day since you can't really compare a striker to a Right Back for example. Or they could do it based on a weekly ranking that adds up until the end of the year. Both suggestions seem impossible to be considered by them for different reasons.
Nice post. By the way, a better way to add a source for any image or anything would be this formula
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