Personally ... I think it's a pointless and unhealthy scenario that so many people on here keep trying to play out. The whole "The players are scapegoats" and "This player got away with much worse, why didn't ours?" lines are really meaningless.
All I care about it whether our club made the right decision. That's it. Don't care whether other clubs and players covered up shit, got away with shit or whatever. Not important. All that matters is whether the club has acted according to our values and belief system and within the regulations of the game. We'll find out soon enough I guess?