Date:  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 14:54:09 EDT

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

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



I noticed the M.O.P. too, but my impression wasn't that it was a (Dick)

"Vitaleism" (no way to spell that, is there?), but more likely an official

NCAA designation. There has always been the dispute about "MVP" as a designa-

tion: does it really mean most VALUABLE, or is it just another way of saying

BEST, and if the former, should it really go to someone like Andre Dawson of

the '87 Cubs, who contributed valiantly to what turned out to be their last

place finish? Presumably M.O.P. is a way to avoid those issues, although I

imagine it will usually go to a member of the winning team. (But Dollar Bill

Bradley won it, under whatever name, when he led his Princeton team to a third

place finish in the NCAA tournament a while back.)

       Larry