It definitely sucks for the banned players that they had to wait a year just to hear "yeah btw, you're permanently banned," but obviously the players did a really shitty thing. Part of me wishes they are unbanned because they were so fucking good and entertaining to watch, but on the other hand, it was unquestionably awful to exploit a gambling site.
It's extremely disappointing to me that I'll never see dazed and swag play in a competitive CS environment ever again.