The veteran will miss Friday night's preliminary final for his hit on Port Adelaide's Robbie Gray in last weekend's semi-final, choosing not to risk a two-match ban if the case had been taken to the AFL Tribunal and lost.
Chapman admitted he was "a little bit" frustrated with the match review process and described the risk of getting a tougher penalty as "a conundrum."
"They have their rules and I suppose I broke them, but, you know, is the game getting softer?
"These are the questions you sort of have to ask," he said.
"It is what it is, you can't change it and we'll go in and talk about it now."
Chapman left just minutes after arriving at the club.
