{"id":1188749,"date":"2022-01-04T22:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188749"},"modified":"2022-01-04T22:19:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:19:59","slug":"mvp-voter-says-he-wont-vote-for-bad-guy-aaron-rodgers-calls-him-biggest-jerk-in-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mvp-voter-says-he-wont-vote-for-bad-guy-aaron-rodgers-calls-him-biggest-jerk-in-the-league\/","title":{"rendered":"MVP Voter Says He Won&#039;t Vote for &#039;Bad Guy&#039; Aaron Rodgers, Calls Him &#039;Biggest Jerk in the League&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmvp-voter-says-he-wont-vote-for-bad-guy-aaron-rodgers-calls-him-biggest-jerk-in-the-league%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Most Hall of Fame\/MVP voters will at least wait until after the voting is over before they reveal that they\u2019re too stupid and petty to vote on such matters.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Hub Arkush.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Arkush, a longtime Chicago sportswriter and one of 50 people chosen by the Associated Press to cast a vote for the NFL MVP Award, told Chicago\u2019s 670 The Score that he will not vote for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers because he is a \u201cbad guy\u201d and the \u201cbiggest jerk in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though, it doesn\u2019t take much between the line reading to realize Arkush just hates Rodgers for not telling people he was unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team, and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the Most Valuable Player,\u201d Arkush <a href=\"https:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2022\/01\/04\/one-mvp-voter-says-he-wont-vote-for-aaron-rodgers-calling-him-the-biggest-jerk-in-the-league\/\">said<\/a> via Pro Football Talk. \u201cHas he been the most valuable on the field? Yeah, you could make that argument, but I don\u2019t think he is clearly that much more valuable than&nbsp;Jonathan Taylor&nbsp;or&nbsp;Cooper Kupp&nbsp;or maybe even&nbsp;Tom Brady. So from where I sit, the rest of it is why he\u2019s not gonna be my choice. Do I think he\u2019s gonna win it? Probably. A lot of voters don\u2019t approach it the way I do, but others do, who I\u2019ve spoken to. But one of the ways we get to keep being voters is we\u2019re not allowed to say who we are voting for until after the award has been announced. I\u2019m probably pushing the envelope by saying who I\u2019m not voting for. But we\u2019re not really supposed to reveal our votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>So far, Rodgers has \u201cpunished\u201d his fan base by leading the Packers to 13 wins and the #1 spot in the NFC playoffs. This he has done behind an injury-riddled offensive line and receiving corps that has at various times been depleted by injury or Covid. If Rodgers has punished his fan base, 31 other fanbases in the league would like to be punished the exact same way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/04221951\/aaron-rodgers-of-the-green-bay-packers-drops-back-to-pass-during-a-picture-id1362579799\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers drops back to pass during a game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on January 02, 2022 in Green...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN \u2013 JANUARY 02: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers drops back to pass during a game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on January 02, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arkush clearly believes Rodgers\u2019 declaration that he was \u201cimmunized\u201d but not vaccinated is fair game when considering whether to vote for him for MVP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/04221955\/woman-is-inoculated-with-the-astrazenecaoxford-vaccine-against-the-picture-id1237537442\" alt=\"Woman is inoculated with the AstraZeneca\/Oxford vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, at a vaccination centre at the Inaquito...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(CRISTINA VEGA RHOR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no guidelines,\u201d Arkush said. \u201cWe are told to pick the guy who we think is most valuable to his team. And I don\u2019t think it says anywhere, \u2018strictly on the field,\u2019 although I do think he hurt his team on the field by the way he acted off the field. They\u2019re gonna get the No. 1 seed anyway, but what if the difference had come down to the Chiefs game, where he lied about being vaccinated, and they ended up getting beat?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>As if all that wasn\u2019t enough, Arkush follows it up with this whopper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think that the way he\u2019s carried himself is inappropriate,\u201d Arkush said. \u201cI think he\u2019s a bad guy, and I don\u2019t think a bad guy can be the most valuable guy at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arkush\u2019s insanely subjective assessment about Rodgers being a \u201cbad guy\u201d has as little to do with his value to the Packers as him being the \u201cbiggest jerk in the league\u201d does. Still, if you\u2019re going to show the world you\u2019re an idiot, I guess you might as well show them just how big an idiot you truly are.<\/p>\n<p>Arkush is precisely the type of MVP voter who should have his vote stripped away from him, and, you could make the argument, his status as an AP voter calls into question the entire notion of letting the AP vote for NFL awards. The award is for the Most Valuable Player. Not the guy you like the most, not the guy who is the most friendly, and certainly not the one who aligns with you the most politically.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, it should be evident to all concerned that Rodgers is the true MVP. However, if someone were inclined to vote for someone else, that vote should be based on that player\u2019s value to their team and not some infantile and subjective garbage from a lousy voter seeking favor with his fellow media elites, his hometown fanbase, or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Hall of Fame\/MVP voters will at least wait until after the voting is over before they reveal that they\u2019re too stupid and petty to vote on such matters. 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