In a wide-ranging interview for Melbourne radio station SEN, Evans said ducking the head was just one frustrating area the AFL was examining in order to produce a better-run competition in 2014.
Other areas being looked at were:
• The abolition of the penalty-points system as part of a major change to the way the Match Review Panel operates.
• Penalties for minor breaches of the interchange rules.
• Limits to the amount of runners clubs are allowed to use at any one time.
But one of the real concerns for Evans appeared to be head-duckers who were subsequently rewarded for their actions, the operations manager saying it was not only frustrating for fans but also dangerous for both the player with and without the ball.
"For an umpire, when they see some forceful contact to head or neck region, it's hard for them not to blow the whistle," said Evans.
"And, we certainly want to protect players who are receiving those sorts of knocks.
"As a bottom line, we do want to protect the player who's got the ball in that situation.
"But there were a couple of incidents that we think we could sharpen up on," he added, saying head-ducking was discussed at a summit last week where coaches, umpires and Laws of the Game committee members met to discuss issues with the rules and their implementation on the field.
"One of these things that the coaches suggested was there are occasions where players remain in a bent over position and try and barge their way through.
"It's almost unfair on the people around them if they get barged into. What can they really do?
"If you can imagine a basketball charging foul, but you're trying to charge and make contact with your head, and we think we need to provide some disincentive to make sure that players aren't encouraged to do that."
Another key area of frustration over the past few seasons has been the inconsistency with rulings from the MRP, combined with confusion as to how extra demerit points influence the penalties on offer.
Evans qualified that he felt MRP chairman Mark Fraser had done a 'pretty good job' in his role, especially as many of his decisions were determined by specific rules that do not allow for much leeway.
But he said moves were definitely afoot to change the competition's disciplinary system and that the points system may be in the gun.
"I certainly have a desire to try and make things clearer," Evans said. "And, we're looking at a model that at least tries to do the communication and make that simpler.
"One of the models that's on the table (abolishes the points system).
"The AFL Players' Association have looked at the model and quite like it as well.
"We've road tested it now through all of the incidents of this year and last year to make sure that we're happy with the outcomes.
"We haven't yet taken that to executive, haven't formulated our recommendations for that yet, but I'm hopeful at least of cleaning up some of the communication stuff.
"If you barrack for Team A or Team B, you'll still form an opinion as to how they've adjudicated it and you'll have a preferred outcome, but maybe we can clean up a few things."