European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 17, 1991 the stars and stripes c  sack dancer Steps on toes in a going to hate myself in the morning. I know this is not the popular stand but i have to weigh in with the minority report on a major controversy confronting the Public. The question of the breakup of the Union of soviet socialist republics Saddam Hussein new rounds of taxes no. Sack dances. It seems those eminent Killjoy the Competition committeemen of the National football league have banned end zone celebrations on Field gloats or other demonstrations of unseemly jubilation Over fallen foes. Well now the Media have descended on these old Mossback the owners and general managers of pro football in full fury. My Friend Curry Kirkpatrick writing in sports illustrated dismisses them As a ancient geritol guzzling Fuddy Duddy relics rooted in the 1950s and �?T60s.&Quot Well leave out the geritol and Curry could put me in there. My problem is 1 could never abide by bullies or bullying behaviour. Sack dances Are anathema to me. I used to find it painful to watch Mark Gastineau prance with glee after he had just cold cocked a quarterback who weighed a Hundred pounds less than he did and never saw him coming. I was never so Happy watching to As the Day the rams Jackie Slater came across the scrimmage line and gave Gastineau a dose of his own Medicine in the Middle of his sack dance. Who says you have to strut and Crow Over a vanquished opponent what kind of message is that to Send out to kids you wondering Why we have Street gangs emulating this unseemly behaviour these Guys Are role models for crying out loud no matter How you Cut it this is glorifying kicking a Man when he a Down. We Admire anti heroes. Ill never forget the Shock i Felt at a movie in new York one night when the a hero a in a fit of temper sweeps a table in a diner Clear of Ketchup bottles sugar glasses of Beer Coffee cups and plates of hamburger and smashes it at the feet of a tired 60-year-old waitress to clean up a and the audience stood up and cheered Curry Kirkpatrick thinks there a a generation Gap at work Here and maybe he a right. A we have players who were brought up on Glitz and mtg a he writes. To say nothing of saturday night live and movies in which we have Good Guys As Well As bad Guys kicking people in the face. Well we were brought up on John Wayne and Frank Merriwell and Joe Louis Guys who spotted the villain the first draw Guys who never taunted opponents never gloated when they won or threatened when they lost. Joe Louis always made it a Point to leave a fallen contender a modicum of Pride. A another Lucky night a he would breathe into the microphone just after he had obliterated some contender. The Only Lucky thing about it was that Joe Hadnot killed the Guy. 1 guess it was Muhammad Ali who brought the Art of the Braggadocio into the sport of boxing but with \ Nigel Jim Murray smiles and hugs As shared by Wilber Marshall 58 and Matt Millen on sunday Are the a Fly a current celebratory limit. The Spanish american War who said As the enemy ship went Down a a done to laugh boys. The poor Fellows Are  whatever happened to our notions of sportsmanship and chivalry have we become a nation of toadies glorifying taunting gloating tantrums in Tennis mockers of valiant Effort just because it loses has this attitude slopped Over into the stands where minority rooters get assaulted into a coma when did it become fashionable to be a Loudmouth a bully the Bible tells us that the Meek shall inherit the Earth. If so they re having a terrible first half. Did Burt l. Standish have it All wrong Are Pluck perseverance Diligence and graciousness in Victory poor substitutes today for cockiness arrogance insolence and disrespect outlined against a Blue Gray october sky today Are the new four horsemen a greed avarice cupidity malice. But if you like sack dances end zone shuffles Finger pointing boasting done to worry. The a a punishment voted by the league office is a a Are you ready a a five Yard penalty. Well that should be a big deterrent. But it figures. We give a murderers three to five these Days. 11m pm Angan to Kim Ali it was a preflight hype designed to sell tickets and borrowed from the on camera Arsenal of wrestling. In wrestling its pure hokum because the a a bouts Are As prefab As a military Barracks and As choreographed As a Busby Berkeley movie. In a Sunset Boulevard a playing a fading silent movie Star Gloria Swanson scorning the modern talking pictures says Quot we had faces in my Day a Well we had heroes in mine. Picture John Wayne doing a sack dance after he has killed Geronimo or saved the fort can you expect Joe Louis would go on the air to say a i should have killed the sucker Quot would you figure Frank Merriwell would Point a Finger at an end he just flickered for a touchdown no Way. Let me Lay a bit of history on you. Adolf Hitler did a sack dance at comping be after the fall of France. Look it up. But general Grant returned general Leeds sword to him. Then there was the Admiral in rocket released from Hospital after spearing Calgary Alberta a Toronto argonauts general manager Mike Mccarthy wants Dan Wicklum thrown out of the Cal for a late hit sunday that sent rag hib a a rocket Ismail to the Hospital with a concussion. But the Calgary stampedes linebacker said that if Ismay were not a millionaire nobody would care about the hit. Ismail the Rookie from notre Dame who signed a guaranteed $18 million four year contract last Spring left Toronto a 33-24 loss to Calgary Midway through the second Quarter after being hit by Wicklum. Ismail had already been tackled while returning a punt when Wicklum came in late and drove his helmet into the rockets shoulder and neck. It was thought Ismail would stay in the Hospital overnight but he was released late sunday. A i feel pretty Good but i have a Little headache Quot Ismail said after his release. A i have to be a Little More careful protecting  Wicklum was assessed a spearing penalty on the play. A a in a going to get him out of the league a fumed Mccarthy afterwards. A a Ismail a head was already on the ground. Its an emotional game but you did no to need cheap  Toronto also lost quarterback Matt Dunigan for up to six weeks with a separated shoulder suffered on the teams second offensive series. Wicklum denied intentionally trying to Hurt Ismail. A i had no malicious intent a said the fourth year pro from the University of Guelph. A the was an Argonaut returning a punt and i wanted to tackle him. It was a quasi late hit and the refs called me. A if the referees had thought it was a blatant late hit an intentional cheap shot they would have kicked me out of the game. But they did no to think  Wicklum noted that later in the game Toronto a Chris Gaines was called for piling on Calgary quarterback Gilbert Renfroe. A the Only reason this is an Issue is because the Guy Ismail makes so much Money a said Wicklum. A a that a the Bottom line  Ismail walked off the Field after the hit but slumped on the grass in front of the Toronto Bench. He was lying face Down on the Bench when a cart was brought to carry him to the Toronto dressing room. Before the injury Ismail had one carry a 42-Yard run for his eighth touchdown of the season. He had two catches for 6 Yards returned two punts for 23 Yards and a Kickoff for 36 Yards. Apfell Toronto a Raghib Ismail. A Little More careful