Remind me again how many chances Fev had?
Plenty. But Carlton had a bottom line and eventually had enough.
We seem to give a kid an open contract to not perform on or off the field
I can see where you are coming from, but I also see (hope?) that there are changes afoot within the club. It's a bit like comparing Connors suspension to that of Sugar's. That was then this is now. Sure you could rightfully argue that it should never have got this stage, but it has and that can't be changed. The club have now dealt with it swiftly, honestly, and perhaps brutally. I'd be very surprised if Conners was given another chance, unlike fev who seemed to have a number of last chances.
The other aspect of the comparison to Fev is that no one from those dirty cheating low life scum made any real effort to prevent Fevs self damage Brownlow night, something that was being telecast live. Yet although three blokes did try to help Connors, the club has said they didn't do it soon enough or go about it the right way, here's some medicine for you to. If Carlton had applied that then the captain would have been suspended for a year and the president stood down.