Like quite a few modern day "tough men" players, he relies on the video tribunal and his mates at CH 7 to escape any on field retribution, and his mates AT the tribunal to escape off field retribution. The "what happens on the field stays on the field" system of natural justice could be a bit ugly at times, but there were a lot less snipers of the type typified by Hodge, Mitchell, Chick, and the likes of Ling and Stevie "J".
The last of the players who didn't have to put up with snipers was probably Big Bad Barry Hall, coz he was prepared to give a little retribution if he thought the offending player was not going to be punished by official channels. I'm not saying it is good for the game, but I'm definitely not saying it was bad for the game either.