Paddy Power to pay player's UEFA fine

[The Buzz]

Buzzy has been keeping an eye on Euro 2012 (thanks DVR). And when Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner dropped his shorts to reveal Paddy Power underpants after scoring a goal, it was chuckles all around.

But UEFA isn't smiling. They fined Bendtner €100,000 (£80,000) and suspended him from a World Cup qualifier.

Paddy Power is doing the right thing and paying the fine for Bendtner. But Buzzy is wondering if the penalty feels a bit harsh. As The Guardian notes, Porto was fined £16,700 because its fans were racially abusing Mario Balotelli. But Bendtner gets a £80,000 fine for guerrilla marketing. Doesn't seem right, does it?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...?newsfeed=true
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...nicklas-901886
http://blog.paddypower.com/2012/06/1...pants-penalty/

[SlotsAff]

I think what Paddy Power did was great - the fine though (and 1 match suspension) is a joke.

It shows UEFA are more concerned with no-one showing up their corporate sponsors that racially abusing a particular player.

[bigspudz24]

So Paddy Power paid Bendtners £80k fine... I wonder just how much he was paid in the first place for doing the deed. Paddy certainly know how to have fun though!

[isolutions]

funny, underpants with a logo is more harsh than racial chants.

oh inverted world