You made the comparison with burglary, in that sense you grouped the 2 together, they are categorically not the same thing.
Why isn't it understandable? It's pretty reprehensible, for the image of the club etc and as I said stupid but there isn't an IQ meter at the gates, were that the case a lot more of AFC's fans wouldn't get in.
He got carried away, he may well also be daft as a brush which, when added to a likely intake of bevvy, makes it understandable. No less stupid just understandable.
That said, pleading a case of "daftboyness" isn't going to help either him or the club.