It's much like Hemed's suggested stamp. That 'stamp' didn't cause any damage, it wasn't dangerous, it was (if it had been intended) petulant.
The ban is to discourage players doing it again. Lukaku shouldn't be kicking out off the ball like that.
This. Of course it wouldn't have been called off. If someone as daft and stubborn as you at Palace had just flipped and refused to give out a ticket and your mate at the FA had pushed it as far as it could go, can you imagine the police saying 'don't worry, we'll deal with the fallout that's...
It's long been evident that the problems with the England team are down to the way the old duffers at the FA run football in this country. Is anyone surprised that BG was one of them?