I'm not saying that's not the way it's been, I'm saying it's stupid that that's the way it's been. "MVP" is a fancy way of saying "best player" and it's dumb that people have tried to interpret as "most valuable" as somehow meaning something different than "most outstanding" or "best." OF COURSE the MVP should go to someone on a losing/non-playoff team if that player was the best in the league that year.