Soccer's high-profile collection of offending Twitter warriors have been fined 350,000 pounds by the Football Association over the past three years, according to a report in the Guardian.
The 25,000 pound fine and three-game suspension handed to QPR defender Rio Ferdinand earlier this week for a tweet that was considered to have been "an aggravated breach of its rules as it included a reference to gender" was the latest in a long lone of high-profile stars whose tweets have got them into hot water.
Ex-Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel and West Ham striker Carlton Cole have also fallen foul of FA disciplinary panels due to their Twitter exploits, with the FA investigating 121 incidents of social media messaging from players since the start of the 2010-11 season.
Babel famously posted a picture of former Premier League referee Howard Webb mocked up in a Manchester United shirt after a high profile incident following a game between United and Liverpool.
Meanwhile, Ashley Cole was fined 90,000 pounds when he insulted the Football Association decision makers amid the firestorm that followed his decision to give evidence on behalf of his Chelsea teammate John Terry in his courtroom racism row with Anton Ferdinand.
Anton's brother Rio also got into trouble for his Twitter exploits after he was fined 45,000 pounds for comments relating to Cole in the same legal case, while the lowest fine handed out by the FA went to St Neots Town official Mike Green for remarks that he posted about a referee. Green had to pay 50 pounds.
Ferdinand became the 12th player to be suspended for social-media indiscretions this week, with the biggest ban being handed out to non-league player David Deeney, as he missed eight matches for St Neots Town after sending threatening and discriminatory tweets in May of this year.