Yep I agree, we get the sanitised beige boring game we ask for. Sadly I think this is true in many areas of life, we don't even have any interesting rock stars these days.
I think we, the consumers have to take some of the blame for the sanitised nature of the game and players. The fact is that scandals like the grelish one mentioned sells copy and provokes discussion. Perhaps it is time that we stood up and said that actually we would like our players to have a...