Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 11:54:20 CDT

From: Randy Roberts robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU

Subject: M.V.P. versus M.O.P.



During the recently concluded NCAA basketball finals I noticed that

the CBS sports commentators (Billy Packer, etal.) were using M.O.P.

and Most Outstanding Player rather than the traditional term M.V.P.

or Most Valuable Player. In baseball, at least, M.V.P. has been used

consistently since the 1920s. Does anyone know if M.O.P. has been in

use before this year's NCAA tournament? It has the ring of a

Vitaleism. (Dick Vitale of ESPN).



Randy Roberts

University of Missouri-Columbia

robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ext.missouri.edu