Is Mike Singletary’s act of humiliation–dropping his pants to the floor in front of his entire team in the locker room–setting a trend?Probably not because the latest drawer-droppers don’t speak English and probably don’t follow American NFL football, but either way this act of child’s play needs to stop.

I’m talking about the recent futbol match between Catania and Torino on Catania’s home field on November 16, 2008. Three Catania players dropped their pants to block the view of the opposing goalie during a free kick. They actually scored on the play and won the game 3-2. Torino protested the move to no avail.

This move reminds me of NHL player Sean Avery waving his hands and blocking the view of New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur during a playoff game. It wasn’t officially against the rules but the NHL called an emergency meeting and made a rule against Avery’s unsportsmanlike, cheesy act the following day.

Let’s see how the European futbol league handles this one.

A Catania team spokesman said in a radio interview that the pants dropping, “is a strategy his coach practices . . .”

Can someone explain how answering the question, “Boxers or briefs” to 70,000 strangers on national television has to do with ‘strategy’ please?

Or why a Hall-of-Famer like Singletary could think exposing himself to a group of NFL players in the locker room is any kind of motivation.

Maybe Singletary’s performance was retaliation to his father who, according to answers.com, was “a strict Christian minister who preached against such sins as playing sports and wearing shorts” and a man who left Mike and his family hanging when he left them for another woman.

Hopefully this juvenile act goes away quick and doesn’t turn into a tacky trend that people find as a way to get ‘exposure’ . . . and please, T.O and Ocho Cinco, don’t even think about it during your next TD celebration on Monday Night Football.

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