From the L&S blog.  I’ve only recently heard of Chad Green­way, but he seems to have his heart in the right place.  The gist of the repost­ing is that Chad will donate $5,200 if he makes it to the Pro Bowl.  Fans can vote more than once, so head on over to the Pro Bowl bal­lot and find Chad (Defense > Out­side LB) and vote!

I never liked that old say­ing, “Nice guys fin­ish last.” I don’t like it because often it is true. I also don’t like it because it isn’t true.

In the end nice guys fin­ish first. Because they can look at them­selves in the mir­ror and peo­ple respect them. Some­times peo­ple even say nice things about them when they aren’t around. So maybe it isn’t that they fin­ish last. It’s more that, because they are nice, they don’t call atten­tion to them­selves and don’t get the credit they deserve when they deserve it.

Let’s take Mt. Ver­non, SD native, Iowa Hawk­eye star and Min­nesota Viking Line­backer Chad Green­way for exam­ple. He is a nice guy. I say that even though my wife went to high school prom with his uncle. I have to say it. Because it is true. Only a nice guy would have his NFL draft party at Wer­m­ers’ Lounge in his home­town while help­ing dad on the hog farm. And only a good guy would com­mit to donat­ing $5,200 to San­ford Children’s Hos­pi­tal if he makes the NFL Pro Bowl team.

That’s where you come in. Play­ers are selected to their posi­tion in the Pro Bowl by three votes. The coaches, play­ers and fans each have one vote. Chad is near the league lead­ers in tack­les and forced fum­bles. A num­ber of Face­book groups and other social media efforts have sprung up in sup­port of Chad’s Pro Bowl bid. Look them up. Get out there and join the fun. And most impor­tantly, go to www.nfl.com/probowl/ballot and vote for Chad. As they used to say in Chicago, vote early and vote often. On the NFL site that is encour­aged. Be sure to vote soon. The dead­line is Decem­ber 9^th.

So why has all the viral dust begun to stir in sup­port of Mr. Green­way. Mostly, because he’s earned it on the field. And in part, because he is a nice guy. Here’s your chance to help the nice guy fin­ish first. And then maybe we won’t have to hear that annoy­ing old say­ing anymore.

Vote for Chad!

Said another way, don’t leave Chad hanging.

Sorry, couldn’t help myself on that one.