If I smacked someone in the stands at a game id be looking at a custodial sentence and a 3 year ban with a hefty fine - why should that player not be given the same punishment?
Maybe because he never actually hit him, he never even got within a yard of the bloke. Last time i knew it wasn't a custodial sentence to shout a few expletives at some one while being held back from going any further. I think the punishment is about right, for what he actually did
[video=youtube;nIKExO1IfUY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIKExO1IfUY[/video] about 22 seconds in he reaches over the barrier and hits him It's a piss poor effort but there is contact even if its with his arm