Rules around fans not being allowed to leave the stands to enter the field of play cannot assume that regarding risk.
That’s why it is a fairly black and white “don’t do it” rule.
Tell Lee Wallace at Hampden that he was more at risk from a tackle. Tell Dida at Celtic Park. Ultimately both players got off lightly in terms of being hurt, but if a fan enters the park with the intent to cause harm the levels become subjective and far harder to manage.
The really simple and basic facts of the matter are that we all know the rules, we all agree to the Ts and Cs by taking the tickets and the guy who chose for his own entertainment to leave the stand and do this, while thousands of others knew better and never felt the need, has simply fallen foul of established rules.
There’s absolutely no way to apply proportion to “indefinite” until further things play out and we know how long the ban ends up lasting. However, given the tweet suggests there’s no sense of remorse or denial of his actions or reasons for doing it, I find it very difficult to sympathise.
In fact, I’m more concerned by the concerted effort of some to vilify the club for applying rules and standards to fans who ultimately brought negative headlines against the support and club as a whole because they indulge in this kind of thing, despite the amount of scrutiny we know is given and the warnings we’ve all been issued regarding behaviour.
There’s still too large an element who seem to think that the best response to being “unfairly monitored or policed” is to up the ante on breaking the rules. No matter how many times they or Rangers get stung by it.