HIT THE POST WITH CJAD'S RICK MOFFAT, VOICE OF THE ALS & THE CANADIENS

Talk about the No Fun League! The NFL snufs out voyeurism and international spying? Why am I not surprised. When the NFL "made history" on the eve of the Als Argos battle for first place in the CFL East, giant Bills banners covered over what we used to call the Skydome Hotel. No scoring in that redzone I guess! Maybe they were more worried about Bellichick's video hitsquads crossing into Canada.

The only times I've had police at my house, Lachine's finest proved themselves to be empathetic, level-headed and helpful. So I can't imagine the anger frustration and fear felt by Montreal Alouettes Mark Estelle and Alain Kashama that evening leading up to an Als playoff game when the ugly minority within The Force hurled racial taunts from under the cowardly cover of a presumed language barrier. A Quebecois version of n-word was jabbed at them, because the stooges figured if they were hastling two guys getting into a vehicle with U.S. plates they could get away with it. What were the odds one of their victims was former property of the Chicago Bears and a proud native of Congo, who understood their stupidities.

Kashama and Estelle's case was on my mind again after the Montreal North riots, because here was what the facts may one day show to be a gross example of police overkill that was swept under the rug. And if police had dealt seriously with the issues in "the Burgs" maybe they would have learned something before things got way out of hand in another part of the city.

Reknowned Montreal lawyer Raphael Schacter tells me the delays in the Als case have been perplexing and vexing and altogether unnecessary. In a matter of days we may finally learn that a special prosecutor in Quebec will allow charges of assault to be filed against the officers who pointlessly put the fear into Kashama and Estelle. It should never have taken this long. And when a community seeks justice the failure of the Police Disciplinary Committee to act until after a court case decision only smacks to me of cover-up or neglect.

The fine men and women of our police force I'm sure are embarrassed too, and they are not served by seeing the stooges in their midst sheltered.

The Buffalo Bills are no threat to Canadian Culture. This I can assure you after witnessing the "History in the Making" kickoff to the Bills Toronto series. Ted Rogers, who knows how to make a buck or several billion, made it a gouge-fest without the Super Bowl hoopla. Philion and I sat in the first row of the endzone during the first quarter. Some fans paid more than $200 for those seats! Most in the same section were given theirs for free to help paper the house. "Toronto's Team" in the NFL turns out to be the Steelers who lost to Buffalo on the eve of the Als game.

No, none of your Alouettes were at the NFL game...no chance to catch up with a few homies or college teammates. Head Coach Marc Trestman called another 9PM team meeting on the eve of the game---"he seems to like doing that when we're in big cities," observes one CFL vet.

While veterans in several struggling CFL cities are nervous, Als experienced warhorses can rest assured they don't face the Week 9 Axe. CFL teams are stuck paying 6-year vets they release after week 9, which happens to coincide with NFL cuts. GM Jim Popp, AGM Marcel Desjardins and super-scout Uzooma Okeke have all been scouring NFL camps for talent and the Als secret neg list will be loaded and reloaded to the 35-man max, but only a few extra players are allowed on the practise roster down the stretch run to the playoffs.

Mats Sundin taking the opening faceoff for the Habs this season? Right after a 7-year old Chinese girl belts out the anthem.