There are some things I can see being good in the proposals, but the rule about a variety of quads (no repeat quads rule) just doesn't sit well.
So I went and played with numbers, for 3 hypothetical skaters, A, B, and C. I'm using the men's FS here, since the no repeat quads rule doesn't impact anyone else that much right now. For now, A is a guy with 4 quads (4Lz, 4F, 4S, 4T stable, hi Nate!), Skater B is a guy with no quads but a good 3A, and skater C is a guy with 4S and 4T but no other quads (hello Javi!). The calculations below assumes 1) no falls; 2) +5 full GOEs (tied to % of BV and factorized); 3) 10% bv reduction on all quads, no reduction on 3A (I can argue why later); 4) that assuming everyone only backloads 4 jumping passes in the bonus half (I've yet to see guys do differently and stamina wise any more with quads is crazy).
For the +5 GOE bit: I've tied each +1 GOE to 10% of BV, and factorization means that same as right now, all triples other than 3A gets x0.7 of the GOE.
For below calculations, I only factored in jumps, since spins etc aren't really won't effect BV that much (it's pretty fixed)
Layouts:
A: 4Lz 4F 3Lz//3A3T 4S3T 4T1Lo3S 3Lo BV: 79.16 +5GOEs: 117
B: 3Lz 3S 3Lo//3A2T 3A1Lo2S 3Lz3T 3F BV 54.22 +5GOEs: 76.43
C: 3F 3Lo 3A // 4TLo3S 4S3T 3A3T 3Lz BV 70.64 +5GOEs: 103.28
Difference in BV between A and B: 24.94; A and C: 8.52; C and B: 16.42
Difference after GOEs between A and B: 40.57; A and C: 13.72; C and B: 26.85
The difference, without mistakes between having 4 quads (4Lz and 4F especially) is over the BV of 2 3As. Even having just a 4T and 3S would give an advantage of 1 3A. After you factor in GOEs, it gets bigger. So conclusion-having no quads would hurt you a LOT, in fact even having just a 4S and 4T is not enough (the BV diff is the value of a 3A).
Can PCs help? Actually, again NO. Assuming that the PCS factorization goes to 2.4 for the free. Let's say Skater A gets an avg of 8.5 PCs, B an avg PCs of 9.5 and skater C an avg PCs of 9.
A: PCS=102. TSS= 219
B: PCS=114, TSS=190.43
C: PCS=108, TSS=211.28
A-C: 7.72
A-B= 28.57
C-B: 20.85
By the way, for C to surpass A with just 2 quads, assuming all the above applies, skater C would need an avg PCs of 9.75.
Realistically...poor B, poor triples and poor skater C. So far, at least in men's, I don't recall seeing many perfect GOEs being given out for triples (other than 3As). Second, the guys I've based on skater A off of, usually are rewarded higher PCs, so the actual difference is greater. And skater B to a degree does not exist (the closest is Jason Brown, but he barely gets PCS in LP higher than 90). So if anything, not being able to repeat quads, but still triples, doesn't really curb the BV difference between the have-quads and have-no-quads. And actually exacerbates the differece between the have 4T-4S and have-many-quads guys.
I also then added a hypothetical skater D, who has a 4Lz and a 4F (not in combo) but no other quads:
Layout: 4Lz 4F 3Lz//3ALo3S 3A3T 3Lz3T 3Lo
BV: 74.52
with GOE+5: 108.34
PCS avg of 9.25: 111
TSS: 219.34
See-in short, if you only have time for 2 quads, just get the 4Lz and 4F, at least you have a fighting chance if you get your PCS avg up to 9.25. So unless ISU is really looking for a proliferation of 4Lz and 4F being standard fare (and guys splatting and injuring themselves left and right), limiting the ability of guys to min/max with the quads they are capable of doing is going to make it harder for smaller fed and lower technical skaters to do well. And even if a guy has quads, it matters more what quads he has-as illustrated above, get the 4Lz and 4F or go home. If a skater is injured and can still do quads, just of the lower BV type, he won't win unless he gets some amazing +10 PCS scores across the board (above example skater C has to avg 9.75 to beat A). If the idea is limiting quads and so to prevent injury...I'm not sure how a rule that promotes the training of 4Lz and 4F above even other quads, to be exactly a good idea.
This is a great post and shouldn’t sit as the last post on a page and potentially overlooked