[P.J.]

I don't know if this has been suggested, as I may have missed it in the thread, but in my mind the easiest rule change to prevent shenanigans would be to remove any sort of point value to unscored noodles. If a noodle is lying on the ground it is treated the same as a tote or recycling bin on the ground, e.g. it means absolutely nothing.

This prevents the noodle agreement, prevents bad blood between teams, and allows teams that design the ability to manipulate noodles to go about their job unmolested. I just think this is the simplest solution.