It's not about being a likeable guy though. While he does deserve to earn a living, it shouldn't be by having any involvement with the game. Certainly not by being installed and used as a puppet for AFL propaganda purposes. He's paraded about by the AFL industry and fapped over by sycophants and apologists; as much so the AFL can thumb it's nose at the ASADA and WADA peoples, as to be a smoke and mirrors 'damage limitation' device when considering the perceived and actual reputation damage to his career.
I'm certainly happy that he's made the decision to take on Essendon the way hes going to, but I can't help but think he's damaged his case a little by taking this AFL 360 job at present. On the one hand ( and actual playing side of things aside), he's saying his reputation is damaged. Yet at the very same time he's getting superstar billing and a paid gig on the tv. For my money, he shoots himself and his case in the foot more than a little there. If he was so reviled, he would be a pariah and certainly would be able to argue that line.

But dude, just go and get a day job, a real job, study, become a volunteer, do something useful with your life and think about what a shitbag you and your 33 mates were. Not bludge off some arselicking tv show, then go the full frontal doubledip by suing your club. Admittedly, they stuffed your life over. Scumbags that they are, and scumbags worthy of being sued out of existence, its just something .... something ... something about having your cake and eating it too. (Sorry, I thought we were over the cake walk talk, but it did seem apt!)
Obviously, these guys are getting looked after, and their arses kissed by the media every step of the way so as to limit the perceived damage to their 'reputation' & off field earnings. Sorry Hep, but you've been stooged again. You didn't think you got this gig on some sort of merit? It's just a payoff so the $1 mill your asking for gets knocked down to something more bearable.
Hep, I hope you take their money for what you did together, but I hope you get so bummed out by the process, you never make it back to the game.