Yes, there would have been absolute hell on if it was ANY of the other guys that did that, not just Jay. Especially if it had of been someone doing it TO Tom.
Its a shame that things like this depend on how weedy you are, if you are a little scrote like Tom is, noone finds anything you do/say intimidating or anything, whereas if you are built like Jay, you only has to look at someone in the wrong way and people go mental :S