The Associated Press won't strip Hub Arkush of his NFL MVP vote.

Arkush said earlier this week that he won't vote for Aaron Rodgers for MVP because he's the "biggest jerk in the league," along with other observations and factors unrelated to on-field or in-season performance.

In response, Rodgers called Arkush a "bum."

"We're not gonna throw out his ballot," Barry Wilner of the AP told the Chicago Sun-Times. Wilner has overseen the voting process for the organization's NFL awards for roughly three decades.

"For MVP, because the word 'valuable' is judgmental, it would be unfair and unwise for us to set any parameters for that award," Wilner said. "We can't tell people how to think about what they consider most valuable."