As I am sure you have heard, Nicklas Bendtner dropped his shorts a little way when he scored to reveal some ‘old’ pair of pants that said had Paddy Power printed on them. Suprisingly though, the fine for illegal advertising is less than a racist gesture.

Bendtner bears his 'lucky' Paddy Power Pants and gets fined more than the racist gestures from some Croat fans.

Racist act- £65,000, Bearing your luckly Pants- £80,000. WHAT????!!!

UEFA get their Pants Bunched Up

The illegal conduct that Bendtner displayed has been understandably deal with. I do not blame UEFA for making a decision to make the fine harsh; what does not make sense is the fact that Croatia were fined a similar price for chucking a banana at Balotelli.

So, in UEFA terms illegal advertising is worse than racism.

Paddy Power have decided to pay the fine after pressure from followers on social media sites. A Paddy Power spokes said,

“We pride ourselves on listening to our customers and what we heard loud and clear yesterday was that Nicklas Bendtner should not suffer as a result of Uefa’s double standards.”

Harsh words possibly from a company that, in my opinion, did this in purpose.

Bendtner himself said that they were, “just a pair of lucky boxer shorts that I used in the first game as well and have used before the tournament”.

Interesting words but there is a point that the price of racism should have no equal. If the UEFA are trying to be firm quickly so no other player suffers then maybe they should take the same stance with racism threats.

I got my journalism degree from Mississippi State University and have been offering advice on many sports for a fair few years now. I started off offering tips on tennis during the big tournaments (I played a lot as a junior) and really enjoyed helping out my Dad with tips.

After doing this for a few years, I realised that looking for value could be found in other sports that I enjoyed such as darts, snooker and football. This led to many accumulators no matter what the sport and then offering on advice on anybody that asked.

I am looking forward to putting my ideas down on paper and always appreciate comments from the reader.

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