As Ferdinand makes clear, the fallout from the incident extended beyond the pitch, also affecting his wider family.
The network has been put in a precarious position of trying to steer clear of fallout from some highly questionable activities engaged in by its biggest star, who is experiencing his biggest surge in popularity (and ratings) in years.
When you consider the impact it would have on everything from content creation to digital advertising, it's clear the fallout would be colossal and far-reaching from both a business and broader economic perspective.
It's not clear what the fallout from sex with workers at the hospital would be, but DesJarlais admits to that as well.
It is not clear how mercury fallout onto land and surface water can cause higher levels of inorganic mercury in the bloodstreams of humans.
Their calculations included the direct cost, and the expense of clearing up the fallout, of problems linked to poverty (educational failure, ill health, antisocial behaviour, crime, becoming a victim of crime…) They then added lost tax revenues and earnings.
The towers were brought down using 180kg of explosives and teams of cleaners were due to go into the area to take charge of clearing up the fallout from the dust cloud caused by the collapse of the chimneys.
Beyond the clear cost savings, the fallout from other decisions is murkier.
Nobody was, as this week's Dining article on the culinary fallout makes clear.
Canadian stock markets were closed Monday, but the fallout was clear just the same.
