Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for January 22, 2022

I vote for Dean Spanos, NFL Jerk of the 21st Century.

For one, grand prize winner, I have to go with Urban Meyer.

LaBron James

Antonio Brown is the much too obvious choice!!

I would volunteer as the campaign manager for TFG in the fake golfer category, but I can’t stand to see his name anymore, which would make it a bit difficult… Call this a vote for “He whose name need no longer be spoken”?

Aaron Rogers gets my vote

Is Aaron Rogers immunized from being Sports Jerk 2021?

Antonio Brown is hard to top.

Lebron James

Lincoln Riley

Novak Djokovic

Aaron Rodgers – such a great, jerk

Rob Manfred, for destroying MLB.

Such a buffet to choose from this year! Antonio Brown is worthy, but he’s edged out by Urban Meyer. That said, I’m casting my vote for Brian Kelly, because only a royal class jerk would leave his team the way he did.

Bryan Kelly,Aaron Rodgers,Antonio Brown

Aaron rogers. Sjoty

1 Antonio Brown

2 Rob Manford

3 Tim Paine

My vote is for Lebron James

I would like to nominate LeBron James.

If the counting stars from today, then I’ll reiterate: Antonio Brown, Xi Jinping (seriously) and Novak Djokovic, in that order.

My official vote for Aaron Rogers SJOTY

Urban Meyer. He had a bigger negative impact on more people in the organization and fan base. Brown showed who he always was, I put that on Tampa Bay for another enabling episode.

I’m with Liverlips…Urban Cryer is hands down the sports jerk of the year as well as the 21st century!

Aaron Rodgers and Novak Djokovic. I do so in fond memory of my late cousin who contracted Polio as an infant before the Salk Vaccine was invented and died of COVID-19 in a nursing home before the three wonderful COVID-19 vaccines were invented. He did not have the luck that we now enjoy.

Hands down, Antonio Brown.

Easy. Trevor Bauer. Just ask any woman he “dated”.

So many choices this year…gotta go with Aaron Rodgers, though.

Novak Djokovic gets my vote!

I cast my vote for the obvious Antonio Brown

Novak Djokovic – should have left it at home

wish they had an email address or maybe a webpage you could vote on. I’m not a participant of those social media things. Oh well. Fun to find out who they elect, anyway.

Antonio Brown

Antonio Brown

Labron James

Labron James gets my vote

O.J. Simpson.

Rob Manford!!!

Lebron James, just because…

antonio brown.

Gotta go with Roger Goodell for his burying of the WFT report

Aaron Rodgers

BTW, Looking good Barb.

In order of Sports Jerkiness:

1) Urban Myer

2) Aaron Rogers

3) Roger Goodell

Novak Djokovic….also a leader for 2022 SJOY

Rob Manford

Novak Djokovic

Bryan Kelly,Aaron Rodgers,Antonio Brown

Antonio Brown

Jon Gruden

The Dolans

I was going to go with Antonio Brown, and Urban Meyer isn’t a bad choice either. However, I think I will say Novak Djokovic

I vote for Drew Magary. I was even rooting for Rothlisberger to lose to the Chiefs. But Magary’s column went the lowest I’ve ever seen. Totally a SJOY candidate.

Who could be a bigger jerk than Brian Kelly, walking away from his players while still in the hunt?

Antonio Brown.

Aaron Rodgers, you play football, you don’t play with health safety. Vaccination no-no

Aaron Rodgers

Novak Djokovic, probably drank too much bleach…..

I look at this award as international, so it’s Novak Djokovic, hands down

Aaron Rodgers. For many reasons

Antonio Brown

LeBron James. Easy choice. Aaron Rodgers is a hero for standing up against mandate tryanny.

Aaron Rodgers

Very torn here, but my vote goes to Aaron Rodgers.

Novak Djocovic, Aaron Rogers, Antonio Brown, in that order. Urban Meyer gets a dishonorable mention.

Aaron Rogers.

SJOT century: minority stakeholder, Chamath Palihapitiya, who said “nobody cares” about the Uyghurs

Aaron Rodgers

Alas, too many choices. I cannot narrow it down.

Antoino Brown

Aaron Rodgers gets my vote. Liars make the worse jerks.

Urban is a good choice, but I have to say Brian Kelly showed what a low class piece of work he is.

Urban Meyer—Had the largest negative impact on the most people.

Mike Richards who was fired as host and producer of Jeopardy before they reintroduced it to Full Contact Jeopardy.

Urban Meyer, Antonio Brown

Technically Antonio Brown and Djokovic were 2022, though both have a history of jerkiness. But for 2021, it has to be Aaron Rodgers, who has been a Jerk of the Month consistently thru the year.

Lebron James

John Gruden is deserving of a nomination!

I’ve lived in Wisconsin almost my entire life and have a Packers fan (and stockholder) even when they absolutely sucked back in the 70s and people literally gave away their tickets for games in Milwaukee and Green Bay. And as much as I hate to do it, I gotta’ go with Aaron Rodgers. Just retired from hospital healthcare. Him being the poster boy for legions of unvaccinated idiots is just too much to bear. No hall pass here.

Echo. Urban Meyer.

Dan Snyder – no one comes close.

As much as I hate to do this, Aaron Rodgers has my vote. He has always been one of my favorite QBs but he has become such a jerk. I still respect his skill as a QB but I do not respect him as a person.

Tom Brady

Lincoln Riley who ran away to avoid the SEC.

Antonio Brown

Well… at least if you DON’T vote we won’t have six more weeks of winners.

Each and every " sports hero" who has refused to get vaccinated.

Sleazy Aaron Rogers

Tank McNamara for not marrying his GF!

Antonio Brown

Aaron Rodgers

Trevor Bauer

Lebron James.

Many to choose from, but he tops my list. What a jerk!

Antonio Brown is the heads above all Jerk of the year.

Aaron Rodgers for 2021 Sports Jerk of the year.

Brian Kelley, Urban Meyer, Antonio Brown

Kinda surprised John Gruden didn’t get more mentions. Or Dan Snyder but then again, he’s rather old hat, could be nominated any and every year. Surprise contender Malik McDowell is rather a dark horse with too small a body of work, but deserves mention anyhow. Any and all unvaccinated athletes qualify, but special mention has to go to Aaron Rodgers and Kyrie Irving.

Ah, who are we kidding, it’s Antonio Brown.

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers

LeBron James, hands down, slam dunk!

Although I hope he wins today…Gotta be Mr. Immunized, Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers gets my vote

I was torn between Urban Meyer and Novak Djokovic. I give Joker the edge because he clearly didn’t care if someone caught a virus he might be carrying and died. There’s stupidity and then there’s potentially terminal stupidity.

Antonio Brown…..hands down. ..(Hey, it rhymes!)

Ben Simmons of the 76ers won’t work for his $33 million salary because his fee-fees are hurt.

Novak Djokovic, Kyrie Irving, Aaron Rodgers

The grand prize winner is LeBron James.

Evander Kane of the San Jose Sharks. Imagine that you can’t behave civilly even with $9Mil/Year on the line.

It’s really hard to choose, because there are so many. However, I do appreciate being given the opportunity to vote in the comments section since I don’t have any social media accounts.

Has to be Aaron Rodgers

AaroRogers

Novak Djokovic

Aaron Rodgers, because he killed dumb people.

Trevor Bauer

It is a tie Kyrie Irving and Aaron Rogers!

Aaron Rogers. “Jerk” is too good for him.

The 3 big-name anti-vaxxers get my vote. It would be extremely fitting if Novak doesn’t get his record-breaking 22nd major because no one lets him play as long as he’s unvaxxed. Kyrie is going to cost his team an NBA Championship, which is perfect since he’s one of the most selfish jerks in all of sports. And as they’ve stated this week, Rodgers is going to start getting tested again soon and will miss any playoff game if he tests positive again.

Aaron Rodgers – he could have put the whole team in Covid protocol

1) Manfred 2) Lebron 3) Antonio

Aaron Rodgers and Daniel Snyder

I vote Aaron Rogers

1. Urban Meyer2. Trevor Bauer3. Deshaun Watson

Antonio Brown

Antonio Brown for trying to set a record for the most teams played for in a season.

Roger Goodell for burying the report on the Washington football team under the guise of “protecting” the courageous women who came forward and who have said that they want the facts made known.

Urban Meyer.

Rodgers and Djokovic will cancel each other out in the voting.

Brown attracts attention but ultimately is Just A Jerk, not SJOTY.

Snyder deserves it every year but didn’t stand out in a crowded field this year.

Has to be Antonio Brown…again

Urban Meyer.

Not Urban Meyer but those responsible for hiring him. They should have known better.

I vote for Aaron Rogers, Kyrie Irving and Novak Djokovic. They should be quaratined together and “exposed” to common sense. Hopefully all three will be infected.

Antonio Brown, Kyrie Irving, Aaron Rogers

Aaron Rodgers

Dishonorable Mention:

Djokovic

Irving

Brown

All worthy choices by our fellow posters.

My sleeper pick is Dana White, head of UFC. Joe Rogan might also be in the mix as well. I know that he (Rogan) is a “celebrity,” but he and White are bedmates when it comes to COVID related opinions.

Antonia Brown is my nominee for Sports Jerk of 2021

Aaron Rodgers

SJOY 20211. Antonio Brown2. Urban Meyer3.Novack Jokovic4.Aaron Rodgers

Too Easy….Labron James.

I wish it was less open ended, or maybe narrowed down after a week. So many votes for Antonio Brown and Jokovic, but it seems like their biggest jerkness was technically in 2022. Seems like wasted votes to me.

Max Verstappen

Aaron Rogers, for letting me down. John Gruden and Novak Djokovic could have made the cut, but I admired Rogers. Never have heroes.

So many choices. Too many. Can we vote for an entire sport, like MLB?? Or a category, like Sports Commissioners? How about fans, like the Cowboys’ fans? How about a hybrid – U. Mich and its medical staff? How about officials who control game endings?

Antonio Brown, he has place him self above his last 3 teams, a true hollier than thou primadonna.Aaron Roger’s,for lieing to every one,his team mates,about his vacination status,then try to justifing it! Kyrie Irving for,well you know the story,total team let down with attitude. All 3 rate tie for #1- ,you can place them,1 ,2, or 3.

Urban Meyer and Jon Gruden, because I expect more from head coaches than players. Dishonorable mentions: Aaron Rodgers, Kyrie Irving, Antonio Brown.

Novak Djokovic because … just because

Aaron Rodgers, even though I’m sure he’s laughing all the way to the bank.

SJOY – Any Marlins pitcher facing Ronald Acuña Jr.

Novak Djokovic and Aaron Rogers

Jon Gruden

Kyrie Irving or Antonio Brown

Novak Djokovic, Kyrie Irving, Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown

Sigh… gotta go with Antonio Brown. He may have some brain issues, but they can’t be that bad, yet.

Losing his cool like that is not good.

Aaron, Antonio & Kyrie, all 3, you pick

Aaron Roger’s, Antonio Brown, or Kyrie Irving, all 3.

Aaron, Antonio,&Kyrie, all 3.

aaron & novak — dead heat for last

LaBron James

So many worthy candidates but Aaron Rodgers gets my vote as his entire personality just screams “jerk”

Aaron Rogers

Antonio Brown, Aaron Rodgers, The executive at NASCAR who thought racing inside a football stadium was a good idea!

1) Kyrie Irving 2) Aaron Rodgers 3) Antonio Brown

Lebron James

Urban Meyer gets my vote…..

I would like to officially cast my vote for Antonio Brown.

Aaron Rodgers

Yeah, Urban’s a good choice, but I’ll go with Aaron Rodgers. I’m a Broncos fan, and now I don’t even want to see him on our team.

Ok, if I have to vote for 1 athlete: Lebron James, edging out Urban Meyer and Antonio Brown.

Gruden’s emails warrant stripping former winners of their "glory"and giving it to him instead.

Would Antonio Brown be the first repeat winner?

Aaron Rodgers for being a self-entitled jerk and the Green Bay Packers Management and NFL for letting him get away with it

Aaron rodgers

Aaron Rodgers.

It was hard to decide between Rodgers and Novak Djokovic because of their actions regarding COVID. In the end, I am going with Rodgers. Djokovic may not have been a saint in this regard, but his situation was not wholly of his own doing. Rodgers, on the other hand, CONSCIOUSLY knew he was misleading everyone. Furthermore, while Rodgers performance over the years has been solid, he simply has not been able to convert that into victories at the end of the playoff (yesterday’s loss to the 49s being case and point.).

The city of Cleveland, Ohio.

Aaron Rogers

Aaron Rodgers

Trevor Bauer

Aaron Rodgers

I nominate Rob Manfred for moving the All-star game out of Atlanta.

Antonio Brown is the hands down choice

Sportjeck—shared among unvaccinated professional athletes whose sense of entitlement is antithetical to “heroes” traditional role as positive examples for young people.