European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 3, 1995 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 new showboating Rule is nothing to celebrate 1.""va Tif by Jim Litke the associated press a lot of Trees died to get the new and expanded ant Celebration Rule into the Mcaa Rule Book. Section 9-2, setting out unsportsmanlike acts and the appropriate penalties now takes up almost two pages of the organizations manual. The accompanying video a which chronicles 44 sometimes hilarious examples but Isnit available at blockbuster yet a takes another 25 minutes to slog through. With the College football season under Way in Earnest its Worth asking was it Worth the Effort \ the answer hardly. Especially when the Only measure anyone really needs to decide when an end zone party has gone Over the top Are these few words uttered by Joe Paterno awhile Back a act like you be been there  the Penn state coach told this to one of his first teams in the late 1960�?Ts, at the Dawn of sports Awakening to its political possibilities and the phenomenon of athlete As Peacock and or activist was still rare. The Point it makes is a simple one the achievement should always be More memorable than the Celebration of it. Like the Basic uniforms the above Board approach to recruiting and eligibility and most of All Paterno himself College football would be a better place if More programs emulated Penn state. But it would be an awfully Vanilla world too. And therein lies the problem. In redrawing its rules on celebrations the Mcaa tried to strike a delicate balance How to encourage More behaviour like Penn states players without crushing the spontaneity of those who a Haven to been to the end zone before b Are not Likely to get there again or c have arrived there at a particularly important juncture of the game. In a sense showboating in the end zone is like Art. We May not be Able to define exactly what it is but we know what we like. And As with Art we All done to like the same things. The problem with showboating aside from the fact that it inspires tit for Tat behaviour and reprisals from the other team is that it Isnit an optional performance. You done to go to a special museum or theater to Sec it. Some people think of that As a Bonus turn on a football game the choreography is tossed in for nothing some think of it As just one More example of a society backsliding into lawlessness. Still others think of it As an abridgement of their right to self expression. As the Mcaa is fast learning trying to  what is and Isnit appropriate aggravates just about everyone and guarantees nothing but headaches. For example the Mcaa in response of a lawsuit filed by Liberty University said Friday that its Rule does not prohibit kneeling to Pray. Liberty University which claimed the Mcaa was discriminating against religious players subsequently dropped its Federal suit challenging the regulation. Given the Tenor of our society though the Liberty objection wont be the last time someone other than on Field authorities get to make the Call. And so to help save the Mcaa Legal fees and spare a few Trees in the future we propose a change in policy let the re of interpret an anti Celebration Rule that reads like this a individual celebrations in the end zone Are limited to five seconds those involving two or More teammates to 10 seconds taunt obscene gestures and kicking throwing or spiking the Ball so that it travels any distance where the referee cannot retrieve it within Tive seconds Are not allowed. Violation 25 Yards on the Eri suing kick off. Scorers can Pray shimmy dance Bac flip sing re enact Hamlet or Corkscrew themselves five feet into the turf. So Long As they re on their Way Back to the smile lines six seconds later More pow i to them a Flo Warren Sapp and his sack dance have left College football. New football polls give fans the vote a by the associated press coaches and sports writers have been doing it for years. Now fans also can vote on their top College football teams every week. Two new polls give fans the Opportunity to rank teams. L in one fans Call a 900 number to list their picks. In the other they vote on their computers through the internet. V a . A a a. A results of the top 10 phone poll will be carried by sports illustrated esp and Usa today the top 25 computer poll will appear on the Newport Cable network and the web site of sports line Usa a computer information service. A sports fans told us they did no to just want to read the polls they wanted to participate in them a said sports line chief executive Michael Levy. The computer poll will be conducted each sunday until 5 30 . Edt at sports line a web address a a wow . To participate in the phone poll fans can Call 900-773-3000 any time during the week. The Call will Cost of cents per minute and you must be at least 18 years old to vote. So far fans coaches and writers agree on the top two teams. Mirroring the a and Usa today can polls both preseason fan polls picked Florida state no. 1 and Nebraska no. 2. Four accused gators remain eligible to play Gainesville Fla. A four Florida football players including running Back Fred Taylor and receiver Rei Del Anthony were charged with misdemeanours Friday alleging they illegally used a debit card to buy pizzas. Also charged were reserves Jamie Richardson a freshman receiver and defensive Back teak Brown who already was suspended for sat urday a. Season opener against Houston after being accused of hitting his Girlfriend. In addition two other players de Spurrier Fen Sivc end Johnie Church and defensive lineman Ernie Badeaux have been suspended for off the Field incidents. Coach Steve Spurrier said Friday evening that Taylor Anthony and Richardson would play against Houston. A fall i can say is the Legal process is at work and handling it a Spurrier said. A police report obtained by the Florida times Union said the players were accused of Fra Dently charging $71.22 on a debit card to buy pizzas at three Gaines Villa pizza shops from july 18-25. The debit card belonged to Anita Jar Nagin a service technician at the Gainesville police department who had reported it lost. A. Police charged each player with one Misdemeanour count of fraudulent use of a credit card and turned the ease Over to the state attorneys office. Storm takes Arena title St. Petersburg Fla. A George Lafrance scored three consecutive touchdowns Friday night leading the Tampa Bay storm to a 48-35 win Over the Orlando predators in the Aren bowl. Lafrance selected the games most valuable player scored on a 57-Yard kick off return and caught 3 and 1-Yard two touchdown passes. He broke his own championship record with seven Kickoff returns for 127 Yards and had seven receptions for 37 Yards. 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