Alastair Clarkson has slammed the AFL for not doing enough to outlaw the concussion problem.

The Hawthorn coach has criticised Joel Selwood's antics following the epic Easter Monday clash that saw his side win by a measly point in a tightly fought final term.

Specifically he is referring to the incident that saw James Sicily enraged after Selwood dropped the shoulder resulting in a free kick for Geelong due to high contact.

"If we're actually fair dinkum about head injuries, then we shouldn't be providing extra protection for someone who contributes to the high contact," Clarkson told reporters on Friday.

"All that's doing for me is encouraging more and more players to use that tactic.

"Joel's had them himself. He's going to keep playing like a bull in that sort of manner whilst he can continue to get those sorts of free kicks. He's had 10 concussions in his career, or thereabouts.

"The concern isn't for him right now. The concern is, for him and the game, in 10, 15, 20 years' time, and if we want to do something about concussion, we should be policing the game in a manner that dropping the knees, shrugging the shoulders, raising the arm, ducking the head, all those sorts of things, we could get out of the game really, really quickly if we were fair dinkum about it.

"As we're seeing in the (United) States, concussion is a significant issue. At the moment, we're thinking that we're protecting the player by paying a high free kick every time he drops his drops his knees or shrugs his shoulders. In actual fact, we're not doing the game any good by doing that, or the player, to be fair."

Incidents such as these are no stranger to Selwood, according to The Arc he alone has received more free kicks than any other player alone in the history of the AFL.

Clarkson admitted that his players are guilty of the same offence however, namely Paul Puopulo and James Sicily.

"We were talking about James Sicily before. We've got players in our side that do it, and that's what I'm saying. This isn't a Joel Selwood rule, this is a game rule. It's about what's best for the game."

He provided a potential solution for this issue however, suggesting that a simple play on should be called in incidents like these.

Will this impact the concussion issue however, if players are able to commit this action and take a fair hit to the head, only to play on?

Is Clarkson's solution a fix to the issue, or will it only worsen it?