Here’s a story that comes straight out of the crotchety Major League Baseball voting playbook.

A NFL writer with an Associated Press MVP vote says he’s not giving the nod to Aaron Rodgers because he’s a “jerk” and is selfish or whatever. Via from Cydney Henderson at USA Today:

“I don’t 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,” Arkush said on 670 The Score radio station. “Has he been the most valuable on the field? Yeah, you could make that argument, but I don’t think he is clearly that much more valuable than Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp or maybe even Tom Brady. So from where I sit, the rest of it is why he’s not gonna be my choice.”

This guy got destroyed across the NFL landscape and then admitted he made an error. Writes Henderson:

One day after Hub Arkush declared he will not cast his NFL MVP vote for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the veteran Chicago sportswriter admitted that he made a “mistake” in disclosing how he plans to vote to the public. 

“I made a big mistake,” Arkush said on Chicago’s 670 The Score radio station on Wednesday. “As far as what happened last night, it’s on me. I screwed up.”

Arkush said his error “doesn’t have much to do with Aaron Rodgers,” but that he “failed to respect” the cardinal rule as one of 50 voters who cast ballots for the Associated Press’ annual NFL awards: Don’t disclose your voting plans.

Alright, well the error goes beyond disclosure. Rodgers is the MVP, hands down. If he’s putting personal feelings about the guy into the decision making process, then he shouldn’t have a vote. This is the same as baseball writers vs. Curt Schilling and/or just making up their own Hall of Fame voting rules. It’s not the morality Hall of Fame, it’s the baseball Hall of Fame.

Likewise, the NFL award is for the “Most Valuable Player.” All of the COVID stuff is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter how Rodgers feels about science or vaccination or NFL protocols or the media or anything like that. His team has the best record in football and he’s thrown 35 touchdowns and four interceptions while completing 68.6% of his passes. You can only make the MVP case for a handful of other guys, and they are Jonathan Taylor, Cooper Kupp, Tom Brady, and maybe even Joe Burrow after the tear he’s been on recently.

Good segment on this topic from Pat McAfee and company:

UPDATE:

lol