The Crows have until noon on Wednesday to lodge any appeal after McAdam expressed disappointment with the three-match suspension.
McAdam was suspended for rough conduct for his bump on GWS' Jacob Wehr.
"It was never my intention to harm Jacob (Wehr) and I am glad that he didn't sustain any injury," McAdam said.
"I am disappointed with the outcome of the tribunal and understand the club will consider any avenue to appeal the decision."
McAdam's ban follows a two-game suspension to Melbourne's Kysaiah Pickett for a similar bump which felled Western Bulldog Bailey Smith.
The Crows, in their defence of McAdam at Tuesday night's tribunal hearing, used video of Pickett's hit.
The star Demon accepted a ban and avoided a tribunal hearing with his bump graded by match review officer Michael Christian on a lower scale than McAdam's.
Tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson, when announcing McAdam's ban, noted the Pickett bump.
"There appears to be a slightly more glancing aspect to the impact than occurred here," he said.
"If we are wrong about that, we note that the guidelines say that we are not bound by the examples.
"And it ought not be assumed that we would necessarily grade impact in the Pickett matter as high impact, and not severe.
"We emphasise however that we have not and should not considered all of the evidence in that matter."
Adelaide's Tom Duggan QC told the tribunal there was no severe head contact when McAdam chiefly made contact with Wehr's chest and shoulder, dispossessing the Giant of the ball.
"In that sense, it's entirely legitimate for a bump to be made ... it's perfectly fine," Duggan told the hearing.
"This is clearly not a high bump because it doesn't in any way involve the head.
"Yes it was a tough bump but ... it was entirely fair."
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