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