He was probably 1 drinks' worth over the limit. I know, it's over the limit. I mean, the limit is like a pint (or less, isn't it?). He wasn't on a road rampage.
He's an idiot for doing it. There was no need for him to be doing anything at 5am. And he's been punished and the club will also (or probably already have done) punished him too.
But, there's absolutely no precedent for players being sacked by clubs for scratching paintwork on another car while being over the limit. Would you expect to be fired from an office job if you were banned from driving for speeding or being slightly over the limit? Unless your job depends on you driving, then no. Any employer would be on very iffy legal ground.
Ultimately these contracts that players sign are still contracts of employment. They still follow the basic rules. He'll be rightly punished by the club because there is so much money in those contracts that clubs have levers to hand out fines etc. In a normal job, you're not going to get docked your wages.
No player's representative is going to let their client sign a contract that has a one strike and you're out policy for minor offences. And ultimately, this is what this is. I'm not condoning it, not defending it in any way. My ex girlfriend lost her mum to a speeding driver. It's horrid.
That's why performance wise they're practically neck and neck to a TTRS. My brother's Impreza Cosworth is running at around 600lb/f, which is over 800nm, but he wouldn't for one minute call it a supercar. Because there's more to a supercar than power. Look I'm not denying that the Q8 RS's are exceptionally quick, I'm just saying that it's not a supercar. It has supercar performance, but it isn't a supercar. All the various RS models are rapid, but none of them are supercars.
