It's an unfortunate fact of life that the more gifted among us have more concessions made for them.

It is particularly so in the sporting world. The indiscretions of blokes who can kick a perfect drop punt or get a cricket ball to spin sideways are generally forgiven a little quicker.

If it weren’t the case, Collingwood livewire Alan Didak would already be lining up at Centrelink.

He should be sacked. And the Magpies have to attribute part of the blame to their own double standards.

Those who know me well will know that I would have written that last sentence with gritted teeth. I’m a massive fan of the club – a bona fide member of the black and white army.

When Collingwood defender Heath Shaw denied Didak was a passenger (which we all know now he was) in the car he crashed while drunk on the weekend, he didn’t just hurt his own reputation.

He brought great embarrassment on his skipper, Scott Burns, who trusted his word and told a packed media conference that Didak wasn’t in the car.

Shaw lied to protect Didak, who was also in deep strife last year after it emerged he enjoyed a night out with Melbourne CBD shooter Christopher Wayne Hudson.

Didak has to go because team unity is a must if a club wants to enjoy success. I doubt very much whether Burns and co will be willing to bleed for ‘Dids’ after he has been so devious.

Which brings us to the Maggies’ double standards.

After the Didak-Hudson affair last year, the club decided not to suspend him.

Yet Collingwood suspended Leon Davis, Chris Egan and Shannon Cox for a match after they left the hotel after a win in Adelaide.

It’s like a judge sending someone to jail for littering, but letting a murderer off with community service.

The moral is simple. Wayward players only seem to learn their lesson when they have what they value most taken away from them – the chance to play the game they love.

Unfortunately for ‘’Devious Didak’, this fan reckons he’s used up his last chance.