7. Mario Balotelli Gains Inaccurate Notoriety
2014 is the Year of Fine.
Estimated Total Fine: $39,000*
The Italian football player Mario Balotelli was the most well-known sports figure to be fined heavily for acting inappropriately on social media in 2014. Nothing humiliating about the photo existed. What Balotelli thought was a satirical anti-racism cartoon was shared.
Mario Balotelli Gains Infamous Notoriety © Ivan Romano/Moscow
Mario blatantly miscalculated the reaction of the general public to his META post. It goes without saying that the cartoon’s abundance of stereotypes did not go over well. Balotelli paid the $39,000 punishment, even though he later issued a heartfelt apology for the offensive post.
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