I think this comes from being in the Social Media age. Even 4 years ago a lot of people were only just getting on to social media and there hadn't been massive amounts of these stories about people putting idiotic things on there.
And... some people are just thick
I agree with all of this.
I do find there being some sort of horrible irony that it was football that has helped him turn his life around, yet it is the FA that are going to (potentially) punish him for the person he once was.