[RunawayEngineer]

I am so glad that they are making changes.
I hope that the collusion problem isn't the only thing that they are going to fix - since it isn't the biggest problem with the current Litter rules.
The ability to directly give points to your opponent has serious implications in the Playoff matches without any collusion required. There are several scenarios where an alliance would have an incentive to give points to their opponent:

An Alliance is confident that they will advance without using Litter points, so they give their opponent 40 points to help them advance to the next level over alliances that are actually stronger.

An Alliance knows that they can't advance, so they start donating points to their favorite teams.

That's without talking to another Alliance at all - the consequences get even worse if they start making agreements.

Alliance A and Alliance B could mutually increase their chances of progression by giving 40 points to each other.

Alliance #1 could promise Alliance #8 that they will give them 40 points (increasing their average for the Quarterfinals by 20) if in return, Alliance #8 returns the favor by contributing 40 points to Alliance #1 in the Semifinals.

I seriously hope that they take away giving points directly to the opponent - it only made sense in the Win/Loss system, but it can be abused in the Average Score system.