Its rare to actually hear of an official being given the weekend off "to go shopping instead" is the quote I read....
As Alex says, it seems to have been done to prove some kind of point that officials are accountable
I think players are different, if you have a free scoring no9 who aint scored for 3 games, chances are you do play him week 4 and 5 because, you know he is good and will produce
Same as gk who is your best player last season, has 2 games in a row where he lets in easy goal, you don't tend to leave him out on the 3rd game, and if you do, you don't tend to say "he is dropped"
I also am none the wiser as to any other errors but if its based on 1 offside, my own view is, harsh, very harsh
the other AR missed a (more?) crucial one and a clearer goal scoring opportunity in the last minute and was only got out of jail because the player did not score.....the actual error, was the same.
It only be natural to watch his colleagues on MOTD tomorrow night and see what happens next weekend to anyone who makes a similar error, because an AR in the Premiership will get a crucial offside wrong this weekend.