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Aaron Rodgers-Hub Arkush uproar is perfect example of why media shouldn't vote on sports awards

Hub Arkush, the Chicago-based NFL writer and commentator, shouldn’t vote for the league's Most Valuable Player award.

It’s not specifically because Arkush said he wouldn’t choose Aaron Rodgers since the Green Bay quarterback is, apparently, “a bad guy” and “the biggest jerk in the league” — although all of that is patently absurd.

As Rodgers pointed out, Arkush doesn’t know him, has never met him, doesn’t know what his teammates think of him and, of course, none of this has anything to do with his on-field play that includes 35 passing touchdowns for the NFC’s No.