Boise State associate athletic director Michael Walsh has formulated a college football proposal, which would relegate and promote teams based on success, much like what is done in soccer leagues around the world.

According to Front Office Sports, it is believed to be the first formal proposal to deal with relegation. Per the report, Walsh has written a plan for a three-tiered alliance of 24 FBS football teams in Pacific and Central time zones.

The proposal suggest the Mountain West and Pac-12, as well as regional teams from the AAC, Conference USA, or WAC could take part. The presentation was shared with Mountain West athletic directors, conference commissioner Gloria Nevarez and others.

“Many, many folks are kicking around concepts of relegation/promotion, or mega-leagues,” Nevarez told FOS. But “this is probably the first I’ve seen of someone really putting pen to paper and looking at it comprehensively.”

Teams would be promoted or relegated at the end of every season based on performance. The example cited would be the worst-place team in Tier 1 being relegated to Tier 2, while the champion of Tier 2 would be promoted.

The first football tier could be a fifth Power conference, though Walsh noted that decision would ultimately lie with the CFP.

Bonuses based on each tier, performance bonuses, and a bonus for “tier status” are all on the table, depending on media contracts. Walsh pointed to NBC/Peacock, Apple and Amazon as potential partners.

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