FOX NEWS: ROME —  In the latest fashion statement out of Italy, soccer players are dropping their shorts to score goals.  Catania, a team in the country's top division, unveiled the new look while taking a free kick. The players lined up in a wall and dropped their shorts in an effort to block the goalkeeper's vision.  The Sicilian team carried out the maneuver to perfection Sunday. Three players dropped their shorts practically to their knees so Torino goalie Matteo Sereni couldn't see the kick by Giuseppe Mascara, who scored during Catania's 3-2 victory.  Catania is coached by Walter Zenga, a former goalkeper on Italy's national team.  "This is a strategy that Zenga tries continually in training," Pietro Lo Monaco, the club's chief executive, told RAI state radio Monday. Former referees coordinator Paolo Casarin called the move "unsportsmanlike and in bad taste."  "It's a trick that should not be tolerated anymore by the referees," he said.  Lo Monaco replied: "A trick? I wouldn't say so. It's up to the referee to decide if it should be penalized, otherwise I don't see where the problem is. ... Good taste is relative."

Usually, I'm all for a team doing whatever it takes to get a competitive edge. That is, anything in the rule books. Here, I'm a little torn. I like the strategy and it obviously worked but it's a little creepy. Just like the Joker to Batman, there will be serious escalation. This week a team drops their shorts so you can't see the ball on a free kick. Next week? A team starts mooning you during a penalty shot. The week after? You're getting mooned from the front, if ya know what I mean.  Although I applaud the originality and the success of this ploy, I can not support it. If there is any chance of this going down a road where I can't attend professional sporting events because it strongly resembles a Chip & Dales, I must oppose it. Unless of course it's something like this...

FF to about 3 minutes.