Exactly what I am thinking.
If we were to do the same thing, you can guarantee that no mitigating factors would be taken into account and we'd get the maximum penalty possible for the breach.
Would the media then jump up and down and call it scandalous that we are being treated differently to all of the previous miscreants ? Will they fcuk !!!
It might make the news briefly on the day it happens and then by the following day we will be left to suck it up, fuming at the injustice of it all, as usual.
I did notice that the media are now starting to say that the PL is making the rules up as they go along, so hopefully they will now come up with something which is more transparent and less arbitrary. The whole saga is damaging their reputation, which of course is bad for "the brand". So, here's hoping !