AFL sets date for Watson's Brownlow

The AFL Commission will meet next month to decide whether Jobe Watson keeps his 2012 Brownlow Medal

Essendon veteran Jobe Watson has decided to hand back his 2012 Brownlow Medal. (AAP)

The AFL Commission will meet on November 15 to decide whether Jobe Watson keeps his 2012 Brownlow Medal.

The commission is likely to take the unprecedented step of taking the medal away from the Essendon star.

Watson and 33 other current and past Bombers have failed in a last-ditch legal bid to have their doping bans overturned, meaning the commission meeting can now go ahead.