In addition to dropping the POS reward, maybe it may make sense to add a minimum 10,000 sprout fee per kb of transaction.
Sounds like a step in the right direction too me but do you have any suggestions on who implement the code for it? Unfortunately I can not code but if I could I would do it for free and would not ask for 3 or 5 btc that's how much I love crypto and believe this coin a lot of potential if we can market it in the right way!