WGTNico:We have exciting changes coming to the 2023 Live Series Season! Our goals for these changes are to make the overall season much more competitive and have the closest Season Championship we've ever had.
I saw no discussion of this in the forum or in your main discord server (the one anyone can view and/or participate), so you only discussed it with your "elite" group.
Wgt clearly would want as much play, ball use, as possible whereas the group you were talking to would like to arrive in the last 10 with as little time spent as possible. It's likely that you'd also like more of the top players to focus on this and the 3,600c prize in the first round aren't likely to persuade them.
How to get them to play less yet have wgt get more ball usage?
Take the person now in 11th, Young, he has scored 51. Under thew old rules he'd need to play again until he shot 50 but now he can wait and see what happens with the scores. So that's what the top players got, less rounds to play in the unlimited as their position within the top 50 doesn't really matter as it'll only be a couple of points difference. They then have to try to get into the top ten in a single round competition they wanted.
There is a clock, which I think is a good thing, but I also think it's too long and strangely not in use in the unlimited or the single play round. While a clock wouldn't stop collusion it may make people playing at the same time and talking about the shots, coaching, and generally helping more difficult. A shorter clock would help further. In fact the place a clock is going to be in play is where it's least needed.
I suppose the rounds wgt lose with the top players you think you'll more than pick up with those seeing top 50 as a more realistic prospect than top 10, probably true.
I'm not sure this will result in the things you say it will, I just can't see the particular turkeys you consulted voting for Christmas, but we'll see.