PENALTY PLAY

UPDATE: Iranian Soccer Player Gets Lashing For Grabbing Teammate’s Butt. Seriously?

It’s nothing new that athletes like to pat each others’ asses after a good play—but Iranian soccer player  Mohammed Nosrati could face a public whipping for grabbing teammate Sheis Rezaei’s butt after a goal.

Both Nosrati and Rezaei, who grabbed another player’s bum later in the game, were immediately suspended, banned from the sport indefinitely and fined nearly $40,000 for “committing immoral acts” on a TV broadcast.

But sources said on Tuesday that the men may also get 74 lashes on the soccer field as well as imprisonment for up to two months.

A muscular, athletic guy getting whipped in a men-only environment? Nope, nothing gay about that.