NBA MVP Award Losing Its Luster: Time for a Chage.

Every year a new MVP debate emerges. Who should be MVP? This year the debate is particularly intense. You have fans passionately supporting players like Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Kevin Garnett. Lebron fans say look at statistical dominance. Kobe fans counter that the game is played on both ends and that 43-18 in the West is WAY better than 35-27 in the East. Chris Paul fans note that CP3 has the highest PER of a point guard...ever. And KG backers express their amazement at how one man's defensive tenacity can turn the worst team in the league into the best. But none of these fans have a vote. They can only express their opinion. They only hope that the strength of their arguments persuade the media members who vote on the award every year. Perhaps fans should be allowed to vote for MVP. Let the people decide who the MVP is over the sports marketplace of ideas. Surely after intense debate on messageboards, barber shops and sports' bar the voting public will elect the best candidate ... (link)