I mean, we were all fairly disguted by Nolan's tackle on Anichebe which resulted in a long lay off, but I'm pretty sure we didn't issue a fatwa against his life. Nor did the BBC start an official period of mourning for his knee.
Its almost like they are form of cultural black hole as an institution. With a strong gravity field that warps logic and reality to those who get sucked in too close.
They do it in part cause they know that lot aren't half a pack of cry arses. They feast on this kinda thing, victim mentality kicks in and they're all texting each other saying they've not felt this devastated since Stevie retired.