A ban between 1 week and forever?

[Buchmeister]

Could there be a ban implemented between 1 week and forever? I see a bunch of people saying how cool it would be to see old players banned come back. If the ban was at least 1-3 years, players have either: lost interest and will never play again, got banned for exploiting a glitch which has been probably patched since then, or have stay with the PL community since because they genuinely care about the game. Maybe there could be a long-term ban instead of just throwing players under the hammer for eternity?